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FLAG PROTECTION: WHERE THEY STAND Candidates for Congress reveal their stances on the flag-protection amendment.

PULLING FOR THE LEGION By Peter B. Rose New National Commander Ray Smith is tough and motivated beneath the charm.

NO DAY AT THE REACH By Alan w. Dowd

Military aircrews catch the drift in water survival school.

KOREAN WAR REMEMBERED

The war's first airborne operation kicked off 50 years ago this month.

U.S. MILITARY: DOWNTRODDEN AND DISCONTENTED By Caspar Weinberger The former secretary of defense sees serious shortcomings in current military preparedness.

CONGRESSMAN FLOYD SPENCE: TIME TO REBUILD interview

After winning the defense authorization bill, Floyd Spence sets his sights on China and Russia.

CHINA: THE PROWLING DRAGON By Alan W. Dowd History shows China may choose military might over peaceful trade.

PTSD: NO LONGER ALONE By Phyllis Zauner

You can take the soldier out of the war, but it may be tough to take the war out of the soldier. DEPARTMENTS

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However, in post-marketing experience, bleeding events have been reported, predominantly in Preexisting Asthma). the elderly, in association with increases in prothrombin time in patients receiving CELEBREX con- WARNINGS currently with warfarin. Carcinogenesis, mutagenesis, impairment of fertility: Celecoxib was not car- cinogenic in rats given oral doses up to 200 mg/kg for males and Gastrointestinal (Gl) Effects-Risk of Gl Ulceration, Bleeding, and Perforation: Serious Gl toxicity 10 mg/kg for females (approxi- mately 2- to 4-fold the human exposure as such as bleeding, ulceration, and perforation of the stomach, small intestine or large intestine, can measured by the AUCo-24 at 200 mg BID) or in mice given oral doses up to 25 mg/kg for males and 50 mg/kg for occur at any time, with or without warning symptoms, in patients treated with NSAIDs. Minor upper females (approximately equal to human exposure as measured by the at BID) for Gl problems, such as dyspepsia, are common and may also occur at any time during NSAID therapy. AUCo-24 200 mg two years. Celecoxib was not mutagenic in an test and a mutation assay in Chinese Therefore, physicians and patients should remain alert for ulceration and bleeding, even in the absence Ames hamster ovary (CHO) cells, nor clastogenic in a of previous Gl tract symptoms. Patients should be informed about the signs and/or symptoms of chromosome aberration assay in CHO cells and an in vivo micronucleus test in rat bone marrow. Celecoxib did not impair male and female fertility in rats serious Gl toxicity and the steps to take if they occur. Only 1/5 patients who develop a serious upper at oral doses up to 600 mg/kg/day (approx- 11-fold Gl adverse event on NSAID therapy is symptomatic. Upper Gl ulcers, gross bleeding or perforation, imately human exposure at 200 mg BID based on the AUCo-24). caused by NSAIDs, appear to occur in approximately 1% of patients treated for 3-6 months, and in Pregnancy: Teratogenic effects: Pregnancy Category C. Celecoxib was not teratogenic in rabbits up about 2-4% of patients treated for one year. These trends continue thus, increasing the likelihood of to an oral dose of 60 mg/kg/day (equal to human exposure at 200 mg BID as measured by AUCo-24); developing a serious Gl event at some time during the course of therapy. However, even short-term however, at oral doses 5 150 mg/kg/day (approximately 2-fold human exposure at 200 mg BID as therapy is not without risk. It is unclear, at the present time, how the above rates apply to CELEBREX measured by AUCo-24), an increased incidence of fetal alterations, such as ribs fused, sternebrae (see CLINICAL STUDIES — Special Studies in the complete prescribing information). Among 5,285 fused and sternebrae misshapen, was observed. A dose-dependent increase in diaphragmatic hernias patients who received CELEBREX in controlled clinical trials of 1 to 6 months duration (most were 3 was observed in one of two rat studies at oral doses 530 mg/kg/day (approximately 6-fold human month studies) at a daily dose of 200 mg or more, 2 (0.04%) experienced significant upper Gl bleeding, exposure based on the AUCo-24 at 200 mg BID). There are no studies in pregnant women. CELEBREX at 14 and 22 days after initiation of dosing. Approximately 40% of these 5,285 patients were in studies should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus. that required them to be free of ulcers by endoscopy at study entry. Thus it is unclear if this study Nonteratogenic effects: Celecoxib produced preimplantation and post-implantation losses and population is representative of the general population. Prospective, long-term studies required to reduced embryo/fetal survival in rats at oral dosages 550 mg/kg/day (approximately 6-fold human compare the incidence of serious, clinically significant upper Gl adverse events in patients taking exposure based on the AUCo-24 at 200 mg BID). These changes are expected with inhibition of pros- CELEBREX vs. comparator NSAID products have not been performed. NSAIDs should be prescribed taglandin synthesis and are not the result of permanent alteration of female reproductive function, nor are they expected at clinical exposures. No studies have been conducted to evaluate the effect of celecoxib on the closure of the ductus arteriosus in humans. Therefore, use of CELEBREX during be taken in treating this population. To minimize the potential risk for an adverse Gl event, the lowest the third trimester of pregnancy should be avoided. Labor and delivery: Celecoxib produced no effective should be used for the shortest possible duration. For high risk patients, alternate dose evidence of delayed labor or parturition at oral doses up to 100 mg/kg in rats (approximately 7-fold therapies that not involve should be considered. Studies have that patients with do NSAIDs shown human exposure as measured by the AUCo-24 at 200 mg BID). The effects of CELEBREX on labor and a prior history of peptic ulcer disease and/or Gl bleeding and who use NSAIDs, have a greater than delivery in pregnant women are unknown. Nursing mothers: It is not known whether this drug is 10-fold higher risk for developing a Gl bleed than patients with neither of these risk factors. In addition iOft to a past history of ulcer disease, pharmacoepidemiological studies have identified several other Ifors 1 should I: co-therapies or co-morbid conditions that may increase the risk for Gl bleeding such as: treatment with oral corticosteroids, treatment with anticoagulants, longer duration of NSAID therapy, smoking, alcoholism, older age, and poor general health status. 1 the age of 18 yean Anaphylactoid Reactions: As with NSAIDs in general, anaphylactoid reactions have occurred in patients without known prior exposure to CELEBREX, In post-marketing experience, rare cases of ana- eived CELEBREX tha phylactic reactions and angioedema have been reported in patients receiving CELEBREX. CELEBREX i75> should not be given to patients with the aspirin triad- This symptom complex typically occurs in asth- to be higher in elderly patients, matic patients who experience rhinitis with or without nasal polyps, or who exhibit severe, poten- differences in safety and effectiv d between these subjects and younger subjects, tially fatal bronchospasm after taking aspirin or other NSAIDs (see CONTRAINDICATIONS and PRE- Other reported clinical experien- differences in response between the elderly and CAUTIONS — Preexisting Asthma). Emergency help should be sought in cases where an anaphylac- younger patients, but greater s Ider individuals cannot be ruled out. In clinical studies comparing renal functio e GFR, BUN and creatinine, and platelet function

sured by bleedn and platelet aggregation, the results were r t different t Pregnancy: ADVERSE REACTIONS PRECAUTIONS Adverse events occurring in 5 2% of Celebrex patients from controlled arthritis trials, regardless of General: CELEBREX cannot be expected to substitute for corticosteroids or to treat corticosteroid insuf- causality at recommended doses (N=4146): abdominal pain 4.1%, diarrhea 5.6%, dyspepsia 8.8%, ficiency. The pharmacological activity of CELEBREX in reducing inflammation, and possibly fever, may flatulence 2.2%, nausea 3.5%, back pain 2.8%, peripheral edema 2.1%, injury-accidental 2.9%, dizzi- diminish the utility of these diagnostic signs in detecting infectious complications of presumed non- ness 2.0%, headache 15.8%, insomnia 2.3%, pharyngitis 2.3%, rhinitis 2.0%, sinusitis 5.0%, upper res- infectious, painful conditions. piratory tract infection 8.1%, rash 2.2%. In placebo- or active-controlled clinical trials, the discontin- Hepatic Effects: Borderline elevations of one or more liver tests may occur in up to 15% of patients uation rate due to adverse events was 7.1% for patients receiving CELEBREX and 6.1% for patients taking NSAIDs, and notable elevations of ALT or AST (approximately three or more times the upper ong t limit of normal) have been reported in approximately 1% of patients in clinical trials with NSAIDs. ; CELEBREX treatment groups wen : dyspepsia and abdominal pain (cited as reasons for discontin- These laboratory abnormalities may progress, may remain unchanged, or may be transient with con- tion in 0.8% and 0.7% of CELEBREX patients, respectively). Among patients receiving placebo, 0.6% tinuing therapy. Rare cases of severe hepatic reactions, including jaundice and fatal fulminant hep- icontinued due to dyspepsia and 0.6% withdrew due to abdominal pain. The following adverse atitis, liver necrosis and hepatic failure (some with fatal outcome) have been reported with NSAIDs, events occurred in 0.1-1.9% of patients regardless of causality. including CELEBREX. (See ADVERSE REACTIONS — post-marketing experience.) In controlled clinical Celebrex (100-200 BID or 200 QD): Gl: Constipation, diverticulitis, dysphagia, eructation, trials of CELEBREX, the incidence of borderline elevations of liver tests was 6% for CELEBREX and 5% mg mg for placebo, and approximately 0.2% of patients taking CELEBREX and 0.3% of patients taking placebo esophagitis, gastritis, gastroenteritis, gastroesophageal reflux, hemorrhoids, hiatal hernia, melena, had notable elevations of ALT and AST. A patient with symptoms and/or signs suggesting liver dys- dry mouth, stomatitis, tenesmus, tooth disorder, vomiting; Cardiovascular: Aggravated hypertension, pectoris, artery disorder, myocardial infarction; Allergy allergic function, or in whom an abnormal liver test has occurred, should be monitored carefully for evidence angina coronary General: aggravated, reaction, asthenia, chest pain, cyst generalized, face fatigue, fever, hot flushes, of the development of a more severe hepatic reaction while on therapy with CELEBREX. If clinical NOS, edema edema, influenza-like pain, peripheral pain, Resistance disorders: simplex, signs and symptoms consistent with liver disease develop, or if systemic manifestations occur (e.g., symptoms, mechanism Herpes eosinophilia, rash, etc.), CELEBREX should be discontinued. herpes zoster, infection bacterial, infection fungal, infection soft tissue, infection viral, moniliasis, moni- liasis genital, otitis media; Central, peripheral nervous system: Leg cramps, hypertonia, hypoesthe- Renal Effects: Long-term administration of NSAIDs has resulted in renal papillary necrosis and other sia, migraine, neuralgia, neuropathy, paresthesia, vertigo; Female reproductive: Breast fibroadeno- renal injury. Renal toxicity has also been seen in patients in whom renal prostaglandins have a com- sis, breast breast pain, menstrual disorder, vaginal vagini- pensatory role in the maintenance of renal perfusion. In these patients, administration of an NSAID neoplasm, dysmenorrhea, hemorrhage, tis, Prostatic disorder; vestibular: ear abnormality, earache, may cause a dose-dependent reduction in prostaglandin formation and, secondarily, in renal blood Male reproductive: Hearing and Deafness, Palpitation, tachycardia; Liver biliary flow, which may precipitate overt renal decompensation. Patients at greatest risk of this reaction are tinnitus; Heart rate and rhythm: and system: Hepatic function those with impaired renal function, heart failure, or liver dysfunction, those taking diuretics and ACE abnormal, SGOT increased, SGPT increased; Metabolic and nutritional: BUN increased, CPK inhibitors, and the elderly. Discontinuation of NSAID therapy is usually followed by recovery to the increased, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, hyperglycemia, hypokalemia, NPN increase, cre- pretreatment state. Clinical trials with CELEBREX have shown renal effects similar to those observed atinine increased, alkaline phosphatase increased, weight increase; Musculoskeletal: Arthralgia, with comparator NSAIDs. Caution should be used when initiating treatment with CELEBREX in patients arthrosis, bone disorder, fracture accidental, myalgia, neck stiffness, synovitis, tendinitis; Platelets with considerable dehydration. It is advisable to rehydrate patients first and then start therapy with (bleeding or clotting): Ecchymosis, epistaxis, thrombocythemia; Psychiatric: Anorexia, anxiety, P P V appetite increased, depression, nervousness, somnolence; Hemic: Anemia; Respiratory: Bronchitis, 9 WARNINGS-Advanced Renal Disease). bronchospasm, bronchospasm aggravated, coughing, dyspnea, laryngitis, pneumonia; Skin and Hematological Effects: Anemia may occur. In controlled clinical trials the incidence of anemia was ;r, photosensitivity reaction, pruritus, rash erythema-

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more than 1 mil- manders. - William Courtney, Ephrata, Pa. lion veterans? The American Legion supports By printing women in the military, but what we do not Elaine Donnelly's support is women serving in combat Purple Heart Also Goonts

article ("Women units. John Fales ' article in Combat - Time ("Playing the VA Game," for a Review," July), the Legion has not July) is missing some new only shown disregard for women veterans Couldn't Agree More information. Recent legis- in general and its women members in par- Congratulations for running the excel- lation has expanded Priority ticular, but has also shown poor editorial lent article by Elaine Donnelly. In this age Group 3 eligibility for VA judgment by not presenting a balanced of "political correctness," it is refreshing health care to include Purple perspective. that our magazine dares to print the truth Heart recipients. This new The role of women in the military has about this controversial topic. Elaine inclusion may save vets always been an issue for discussion - Donnelly has it right when she writes, many dollars and expedite care. and it will continue to be. Ms. Donnelly "No one should have to die in pursuit of -John Schell, Harlingen, has her own not-so-hidden agenda. I feminist fantasies." have read past issues of her newsletter in Thanks again for having the courage which articles have described her per- to cover this topic. VA Claims -No Game spective on how personnel decisions -Retired Maj. Glenn MacDonald, "Playing the VA Game" (July) re- were made in DoD (i.e., because of the U.S. Army Reserve, Phoenix minded me of the nightmare surrounding pressures of political correctness). I was my father's death. in many of those meetings as the Marine My father served in Vietnam from Corps head of Manpower and Reserve Misplaced Priorities 1962 to 1966. Years later he developed

Affairs. From firsthand knowledge, I can I cannot understand what's going on in a similar distrust for the government. He assure you that military readiness was our nation today. Many claim that reading contracted cancer in the 1990s and was always the first priority in those person- the Bible and saying prayers in school is physically unable to handle the obsta- nel decisions. cles in submitting claims for Agent Or- If DACOWITS were as strong at ange poisoning. The cancer eventually pushing a "feminist agenda" as Ms. Don- bested him. nelly describes, and if the leadership in Since my father and I were both Leg- the Pentagon were as spineless as she de- The American Legion Magazine ionnaires, I turned to the Legion for as- scribes, there would be women in infantry welcomes letters concerning articles sistance. A Legion VA representative in units today. that appear in the publication. Letter Baltimore, Lance Sweigart, helped me writers are also encouraged to submit You have done your 2.6 million read- complete the paperwork. I mailed the pa- photographs of themselves for ers a disservice by publishing so one- perwork on the 22nd of the month. Un- possible publication with their letters. sided an article. fortunately, my father died on the 26th, Be sure to include your hometown - Retired Lt. Gen. Carol A. Mutter, and Lance received and submitted Dad's and a daytime phone number for U.S. Marine Corps, Indianapolis the 27th. in- verification. All letters are subject to paperwork on The VA editing. Send your opinions to: formed the claim was filed one day Editor's Note: too late to qualify. The American Legion Magazine When establishing membership crite- This setback did not stop Lance. He P.O. Box 1055 ria at the first convention, Nov. 11, 1919, continued assisting my mother until she Indianapolis, IN 46206 the founders of The American Legion in- was able to receive VA benefits. My fam- You can also contact us via e- cluded women veterans as equal mem- ily owes great praise both to The Ameri- mail directly or through the World bers. This was two years before women can Legion and to Lance Sweigart for Wide Web: were granted universal suffrage, which their support during our time of need. The would allow them to vote in a U.S. presi- e-mail: [email protected] service provided us can never be repaid. dential election. Internet: http://www.legion.org - Robert M. Hilgartner Jr., The American Legion supported the Hopkinsville, Ky.

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1989, the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in the people their right to protect "Old Glory." InTexas vs. Johnson (5-4 vote) overturned 200 years of To correct the Supreme Court's mistake, The CFA has American tradition and laws by declaring that the peo- petitioned Congress to pass a constitutional amendment ple no longer had a right to protect the American Flag. that would take power over the flag away from the court

The court ruled that flag burning was protected and return it to the American people. The full text of the

"speech" as defined by the First Amendment, and invali- amendment is: dated laws in 48 states and the District of Columbia. Moreover, the 5-4 decision ignored the opinions of "The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical four chief justices of the Supreme Court and justices on desecration of the flag of the United States." five Supreme Courts in the last century, not to mention the author of the First Amendment, James Madison, and fel- The American Legion sent questionnaires to this year's low founding father Thomas Jefferson. congressional candidates about this important amendment. In reaction to the Supreme Court's erroneous decision, One of the questions asked was "If elected to the 107th and the petitions by 49 states and the wishes of 80 percent Congress will you vote for the above amendment and al- of the American people, The Citizens Flag Alliance low the people to decide?" The following are the candi- (CFA) was founded by The American Legion to return to dates' positions based on their responses.

ALABAMA ARIZONA Bob Thomas (R) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION (September 12, 2000 Primary) ar-3 Asa Hutchinson (R) SUPPORTER AL-1 Sonny Callahan (R) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION ar-4 Jay W. Dickey (R) SUPPORTER AL-2 Terry Everett (R) SUPPORTER az-1 Sal DiCiccio (R) UNKNOWN Mike Ross (D) SUPPORTER Charles Woods (D) SUPPORTER Jeff Flake (R) UNKNOWN AL-3 Bob Riley (R) SUPPORTER Tom Liddy (R) SUPPORTER AL-4 Robert Aderholt (R) SUPPORTER Susan Bitter Smith (R) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION Marsha Folsom (D) SUPPORTER David Mendoza (D) UNKNOWN ca-1 Mike Thompson (D) OPPONENT AL-5 Bud Cramer (D) SUPPORTER az-2 Ed Pastor (D) OPPONENT Russel J. "Jim" Chase (R)OPPONENT

AL-6 Spencer Bachus (R) SUPPORTER Bill Barenholtz (R) SUPPORTER ca-2 (R) SUPPORTER AL-7 Earl Hilliard (D) SUPPORTER az-3 (R) SUPPORTER Stan Morgan (D) UNKNOWN Ed Martin (R) SUPPORTER GeneScharer(D) OPPONENT ca-3 DougOse(R) SUPPORTER az-4 John Shadegg (R) OPPONENT Bob Kent (D) UNKNOWN ALASKA Ben Janikowski (D) UNKNOWN ca-4 John Doolittle (R) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION az-5 Jim Kolbe (R) OPPONENT Mark A. Norberg (D) OPPONENT al Don Young (R) SUPPORTER George Cunningham (D) UNKNOWN ca-5 Robert T. Matsui (D) OPPONENT C. Mark Greene (D) OPPONENT Mary Judge Ryan (D) UNKNOWN Ken Payne (R) SUPPORTER AZ-6 J.D. Hayworth (R) SUPPORTER ca-6 (D) OPPONENT KEY TO SYMBOLS SENATE Ken McAuliffe (R) UNKNOWN Jon Kyi (R) SUPPORTER ca-7 George Miller (D) OPPONENT Democrat Stuart Starky (D) OPPONENT Christopher Hoffman (R) OPPONENT Republican ca-8 (D) OPPONENT Independent ARKANSAS Adam Sparks (R) SUPPORTER Write-in Candidates SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION ca-9 (D) OPPONENT At-Large Canditates ar-1 Marion Berry (D) SUPPORTER Arneze Washington (R) UNKNOWN Blue Text Incumbent Candidates Susan Myshka (R) SUPPORTER ca-io (D) OPPONENT Afl-2 Victor F. Snyder (D) OPPONENT Claude Hutchison (R) SUPPORTER CA-11 (R) SUPPORTER John Graham (D) UNKNOWN Kevin Sanders (D) SUPPORTER Tom Santos (D) SUPPORTER ca-48 (R) SUPPORTER FL-5 Karen L. Thurman (D) SUPPORTER CA-12 (D) SUPPORTER Peter Kouvelis (D) UNKNOWN Peter Enwall (R) OPPONENT Mike Garza (R) UNKNOWN ca-49 Brian P. Bilbray (R) SUPPORTER FL-6 Cliff Stearns (R) SUPPORTER CA-13 Fortney H. Stark (D) OPPONENT (D) UNKNOWN Timothy D. Clower (D) SUPPORTER James R. Goetz (R) UNKNOWN ca-50 (D) OPPONENT FL-7 John L. Mica (R) SUPPORTER CA-14 Anna G. Eshoo (D) OPPONENT Bob Divine (R) UNKNOWN Daniel R. Vaughen (D) OPPONENT

Bill Quraishi (R) SUPPORTER ca-51 Randy Cunningham (R) SUPPORTER Rick Keller (R) SUPPORTER CA-15 Jim Cunneen (R) SUPPORTER George Barraza (D) UNKNOWN Bill Sublette (R) SUPPORTER (D) OPPONENT ca-52 Duncan Hunter (R) SUPPORTER Robert Hering (R) OPPONENT CA-16 (D) OPPONENT Craig Barkacs (D) UNKNOWN Linda Chapin (D) SUPPORTER Horace Thayn (R) UNKNOWN SENATE FL-9 Michael Bilirakis (R) SUPPORTER CA-17 (D) OPPONENT (D) SUPPORTER fl-10 C.W. "Bill" Young (R) SUPPORTER Clint Engler (R) SUPPORTER Tom Campbell (R) SUPPORTER FL-11 Jim Davis (D) SUPPORTER CA-18 (D) SUPPORTER fl-12 Adam Putnam (R) SUPPORTER Steve Wilson (R) SUPPORTER IDO Mike Steddam (D) SUPPORTER CA-19 (R) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION fl-13 Dan Miller (R) SUPPORTER Dan Rosenberg (D) UNKNOWN co-1 Diana DeGette (D) OPPONENT Frank Vecchio (R) SUPPORTER CA-20 Calvin Dooley (D) SUPPORTER Jesse Thomas (R) UNKNOWN Daniel Dunn (D) SUPPORTER Rich Rodriguez (R) UNKNOWN co-2 MarkUdall(D) OPPONENT fl-14 Porter J. Goss (R) SUPPORTER

CA-21 (R) SUPPORTER Larry E. Johnson (R) SUPPORTER fl-15 Dave Weldon (R) SUPPORTER Pete "Pedro" Martinez (D)SUPPORTER Carolyn Cox (R) SUPPORTER Patsy Kurth (D) SUPPORTER CA-22 (D) SUPPORTER co-3 Scott Mclnnis (R) SUPPORTER fl-16 Mark Foley (R) SUPPORTER Mike Stoker (R) SUPPORTER Curtis Imrie (D) UNKNOWN Jean Brown (D) OPPONENT (R) SUPPORTER co-4 Bob Schaffer (R) SUPPORTER fl-17 Carrie P. Meek (D) OPPONENT Michael Case (D) UNKNOWN co-5 Joel Hefley (R) SUPPORTER fl-18 lleana Ros-Lehtinen (R) SUPPORTER

CA-24 BradI Sherman (D) SUPPORTER co-6 Tom Tancredo (R) SUPPORTER fl-19 Robert Wexler (D) OPPONENT Jerry Doyle (R) SUPPORTER Kenneth A. Toltz (D) OPPONENT Morris K. Thompson (R) OPPONENT r CA-25 HOW fl-20 Peter R. Deutsch (D) SUPPORTER Sid Gold (D) UNKNOWN CONNECTICUT fl-21 Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R) SUPPORTER CA-26 Howard L Berman (D) OPPONENT (September 12, 2000 Primary) fl-22 E. Clay Shaw (R) SUPPORTER CA-27 James E. Rogan (R) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION Elaine Bloom (D) OPPONENT (D) SUPPORTER cm John Larson (D) SUPPORTER fl-23 Alcee L. Hastings (D) OPPONENT CA-28 (R) SUPPORTER Bob Backlund (R) OPPONENT Bill Lambert (R) OPPONENT Janice Nelson (D) UNKNOWN ct-2 Samuel Gejdenson (D) OPPONENT SENATE CA-29 Henry A. Waxman (D) OPPONENT Robert Simmons (R) SUPPORTER Bill McCollum (R) SUPPORTER Jim Scileppi (R) UNKNOWN ct-3 Rosa DeLauro (D) OPPONENT Bill Nelson (D) SUPPORTER CA-30 (D) OPPONENT June Gold (R) SUPPORTER Tony Goss (R) SUPPORTER ct-4 Christopher Shays (R) OPPONENT CA-31 (D) UNKNOWN Stephanie Sanchez (D) UNKNOWN SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION Mathew Martinez (R) wi SUPPORTER ct-5 James H. Maloney (D) SUPPORTER ga-1 Jack Kingston (R) SUPPORTER CA-32 Julian C. Dixon (D) OPPONENT Mark Nielsen (R) SUPPORTER Joyce Marie Griggs (D) SUPPORTER Kathy Williamson (R) UNKNOWN ct-6 Nancy L. Johnson (R) SUPPORTER ga-2 Sanford D. Bishop (D) SUPPORTER CA-33 Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) OPPONENT Paul Valenti (D) UNKNOWN Dylan Glenn (R) SUPPORTER Wayne Miller (R) UNKNOWN Arthur House (D) UNKNOWN ga-3 Mac Collins (R) SUPPORTER CA-34 (D) SUPPORTER SENATE Gail Notti (D) SUPPORTER Robert Canales (R) SUPPORTER (D) OPPONENT ga-4 Cynthia McKinney (D) OPPONENT CA-35 (D) OPPONENT Phil Giordano (R) SUPPORTER Sunny Warren (R) SUPPORTER Carl McGill (R) SUPPORTER ga-5 John Lewis (D) OPPONENT CA-36 Steven T. Kuykendall (R)SUPPORTER DELAWARE Hank Schwab (R) SUPPORTER

Jane Harman (D) SUPPORTER (September 9, 2000 Primary) ga-6 Johnny Isakson (R) SUPPORTER CA-37 Juanita Millender-McDonald (D)OPPONENT SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION Brett DeHart (D) SUPPORTER Vernon Van (R) UNKNOWN al Michael N. Castle (R) SUPPORTER ga-7 BobBarr(R) SUPPORTER CA-38 (R) SUPPORTER Mike Miller (D) UNKNOWN Roger Kahn (D) SUPPORTER Gerrie Schipske (D) SUPPORTER SENATE ga-8 Saxby Chambliss (R) SUPPORTER CA-39 (R) SUPPORTER William V. Roth (R) SUPPORTER Jim Marshall (D) SUPPORTER Gill Kanel (D) UNKNOWN Tom Carper (D) OPPONENT ga-9 Nathan Deal (R) SUPPORTER CA-40 Jerry Lewis (R) SUPPORTER James Harrington (D) SUPPORTER CA-41 (R) SUPPORTER FLI ga-10 Charlie Norwood (R) SUPPORTER

Rudy Favila (D) SUPPORTER (September 5, 2000 Primary) Denise Freeman (D) SUPPORTER CA-42 (D) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE GA-11 John Linder (R) SUPPORTER Elia Pirozzi (R) SUPPORTER fl-1 Joe Scarborough (R) SUPPORTER SENATE CA-43 (R) SUPPORTER Mark Coutu (D) OPPONENT Zell Miller (D) SUPPORTER CA-44 (R) SUPPORTER FL-2 Allen Boyd (D) SUPPORTER Mack Mattingly (R) SUPPORTER Ron Oden (D) UNKNOWN Douglas J. Dodd (R) SUPPORTER CA-45 (R) SUPPORTER Corrine Brown (D) SUPPORTER HAWAII Ted Crisell (D) UNKNOWN Jennifer Carroll (R) SUPPORTER (September 23, 2000 Primary) (D) SUPPORTER FL-4 Ander Crenshaw (R) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION

Gloria Tuchman (R) UNKNOWN Dan Quiggle (R) SUPPORTER hi-1 Neil Abercrombie (D) OPPONENT (R) SUPPORTER Tom Sullivan (D) OPPONENT David Bourgoin (D) UNKNOWN

OCTOBER 2000 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • j| Gladys Hayes (R) UNKNOWN in-4 Mark Souder (R) SUPPORTER Philip Meyers (R) SUPPORTER Mike Foster (D) UNKNOWN SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION hi-2 Patsy Mink (D) OPPONENT in-5 Stephen Buyer (R) SUPPORTER me-1 Tom Allen (D) OPPONENT Charles Collins (D) UNKNOWN Greg Goodnight (D) SUPPORTER Jane Amero (R) SUPPORTER James Donovan (R) UNKNOWN in-6 (R) SUPPORTER me-2 John Baldacci (D) SUPPORTER Carol Douglass (R) SUPPORTER Darin Griesey (D) SUPPORTER Richard Campbell (R) SUPPORTER Russ Francis (R) SUPPORTER in-7 Brian Kerns (R) SUPPORTER SENATE SENATE Michael Graf (D) UNKNOWN Olympia Snowe (R) SUPPORTER Daniel K. Akaka (D) OPPONENT in-8 John Hostettler (R) SUPPORTER Mark Lawrence (D) SUPPORTER Art Reyes (D) UNKNOWN Dr. Paul Perry (D) SUPPORTER James DeLuze (R) UNKNOWN in-9 Baron Hill (D) OPPONENT MARYLAND Harry Friel (R) UNKNOWN Mike Bailey (R) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION John Carroll (R) UNKNOWN iN-10 Julia Carson (D) OPPONENT md-1 Wayne Gilchrest (R) OPPONENT Gene Douglass (R) SUPPORTER Marvin Scott (R) SUPPORTER Bennett Bozman (D) SUPPORTER SENATE md-2 Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) SUPPORTER IDAHO Richard G. Lugar(R) SUPPORTER Kenneth T. Bosley (D) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION David Johnson (D) SUPPORTER md-3 Benjamin Cardin (D) OPPONENT id-1 C.L. "Butch" Otter (R) SUPPORTER Colin Harby (R) OPPONENT Linda Pall (D) UNKNOWN IOWA md-4 Albert Wynn (D) SUPPORTER id-2 Mike Simpson (R) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION John Kimble (R) SUPPORTER Craig Williams (D) SUPPORTER IA-1 Jim Leach (R) OPPONENT md-5 Steny H. Hoyer (D) OPPONENT Bob Simpson (D) SUPPORTER Thomas E. Hutchins (R) SUPPORTER ILLINOIS IA-2 Jim Nussle (R) SUPPORTER md-6 Roscoe G. Bartlett (R) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION Donna Smith (D) UNKNOWN Donald M. DeArmon (D) OPPONENT in Bobby Rush(D) OPPONENT IA-3 Leonard L. Boswell (D) SUPPORTER md-7 Elijah Cummings (D) OPPONENT Ray Wardingley (R) SUPPORTER Jay Marcus (R) OPPONENT Kenneth Kondner (R) SUPPORTER il-2 Jesse Jackson Jr. (D) OPPONENT IA-4 Greg Ganske (R) SUPPORTER md-8 Constance A. Morella (R) SUPPORTER

Robert Gordon III (R) OPPONENT Mike Huston (D) SUPPORTER Terry Lierman (D) OPPONENT il-3 William Lipinski (D) SUPPORTER IA-5 Tom Latham (R) SUPPORTER SENATE Karl Groth (R) SUPPORTER Mike Palacek (D) UNKNOWN Paul S. Sarbanes (D) OPPONENT il-4 Luis Gutierrez (D) SUPPORTER Paul Rappaport (R) SUPPORTER il-5 Rod R. Blagojevich (D) SUPPORTER KANSAS il-6 Harry J. Hyde (R) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION MASSACHUSETTS Brent Christensen (D) OPPONENT KS-1 Jerry Moran (R) SUPPORTER (September 19, 2000 Primary) il-7 Danny K. Davis (D) OPPONENT KS-2 Jim Ryun (R) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION Robert Dallas (R) SUPPORTER Stanley Wiles (D) UNKNOWN ma-1 John W. Olver (D) OPPONENT il-8 Phillip M. Crane (R) SUPPORTER KS-3 Dennis Moore (D) OPPONENT Peter Abair(R) OPPONENT Lance Pressl (D) UNKNOWN Phil Kline (R) SUPPORTER ma-2 Richard E. Neal (D) SUPPORTER il-9 Jan Schakowsky (D) OPPONENT KS-4 Todd Tiahrt(R) SUPPORTER Joseph Fountain (D) SUPPORTER Dennis Driscoll (R) SUPPORTER Carlos Nolla(D) UNKNOWN ma-3 James McGovern (D) SUPPORTER iL-10 Mark Kirk (R) SUPPORTER ma-4 Barney Frank (D) OPPONENT Lauren Gash (D) OPPONENT KENTUCKY Martin Travis (R) UNKNOWN iL-11 Gerald C.Weller(R) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION ma-5 Martin T. Meehan (D) OPPONENT James Stevenson (D) SUPPORTER KY-1 Edward Whitfield (R) SUPPORTER Joe Osbaldeston (D) SUPPORTER il-12 Jerry F. Costello (D) SUPPORTER Brian Roy (D) SUPPORTER Thomas Tierney (D) UNKNOWN il-13 Judy Biggert (R) SUPPORTER KY-2 Ron Lewis (R) SUPPORTER ma-6 John F. Tierney (D) OPPONENT Thomas Mason (D) UNKNOWN Brian Pedigo (D) OPPONENT Frederick Golder (R) UNKNOWN il-14 J. (R) SUPPORTER KY-3 Anne Northup (R) SUPPORTER Paul McCarthy (R) UNKNOWN Vern Deljonson (D) UNKNOWN Eleanor Jordan (D) OPPONENT ma-7 Edward J. Markey (D) OPPONENT il-15 Tim Johnson (R) UNKNOWN KY-4 Ken Lucas (D) SUPPORTER ma-8 Michael Capuano (D) OPPONENT Mike Kelleher(D) UNKNOWN Don Bell (R) SUPPORTER ma-9 Joe Moakley (D) SUPPORTER il-16 Donald Manzullo (R) SUPPORTER KY-5 Harold Rogers (R) SUPPORTER Janet Jaghelian (R) UNKNOWN Charles Hendrickson (D) UNKNOWN Sidney Jane Bailey (D) SUPPORTER maio William D. Delahunt (D) SUPPORTER il-17 Lane Evans (D) OPPONENT KY-6 Ernie Fletcher (R) SUPPORTER Eric Bleicken (R) UNKNOWN Mark Baker (R) SUPPORTER Scott Baesler (D) SUPPORTER SENATE il-18 Ray LaHood (R) SUPPORTER Edward Kennedy (D) OPPONENT Joyce Harant (D) OPPONENT LOUISIANA Jack Robinson (R) SUPPORTER il-19 David Phelps (D) SUPPORTER (November 7, 2000 Primary)

Jim Eatherly (R) SUPPORTER December 9, 2000 Primary runoff, if necessary) MICHIGAN iL-20 John M. Shimkus (R) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION Jeffrey Cooper (D) SUPPORTER LA-1 David Vitter (R) SUPPORTER mm Bart Stupak (D) SUPPORTER Dr. Monica Monica (R) UNKNOWN Chuck Yob (R) SUPPORTER Melinda Scwegmann (D) UNKNOWN mi-2 Pete Hoekstra (R) OPPONENT

SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION LA-2 William J. Jefferson (D) SUPPORTER BobShraugher(D) UNKNOWN

IN-1 Peter J. Visclosky (D) OPPONENT LA-3 W.J. "Billy" Tauzin(R) SUPPORTER mi-3 Vernon J. Ehlers(R) OPPONENT Jack Reynolds (R) UNKNOWN LA-4 Jim McCrery (R) SUPPORTER Timothy Steele (D) OPPONENT IN-2 Mike Pence (R) SUPPORTER LA-5 John Cooksey (R) SUPPORTER mi-4 Dave Camp (R) SUPPORTER Bob Rock Jr. (D) SUPPORTER LA-6 Richard H. Baker (R) SUPPORTER Lawrence Hollenbeck (D) SUPPORTER IN-3 Tim Roemer (D) SUPPORTER LA-7 Chris John (D) SUPPORTER mi-5 Jim Barcia (D) SUPPORTER Chris Chocola (R) SUPPORTER Ronald Actis (R) UNKNOWN

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I had done some of the things I am doing now to take better care of myself. Some of those things include When diet and exercise are not enough, ZOCOR can help people with high cholesterol and heart disease live a longer life by reducing the risk of a heart attack. ZOCOR is a prescription medication, so you should ask your doctor or healthcare professional if ZOCOR is right for you. ZOCOR isn't for everyone, including women who are pregnant or nursing or who may become pregnant, people who are allergic to any of its ingredients, or anyone with liver disease. Unexplained muscle pain or weakness could be a sign of a rare but serious side effect and should be reported to your doctor right away. Your doctor may do simple blood tests before and during treatment with ZOCOR to check for liver problems. Be sure your doctor knows about medications you may be taking in order to avoid any serious drug interactions. With so much to look forward to, don't let high cholesterol and heart disease take you out of the game.

YOUR RESULTS MAY VARY. PLEASE READ THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ZOCOR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWI

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PRECAUTIONS

Before starting treatment with ZOCOR® (simvastatin), try to lower your cholesterol by other methods

such as diet, exercise, and weight loss. Ask your doctor about how best to do this. Any other medical prob- ZOCOR lems that can cause high cholesterol should also treated. be (SIMVASTATIN) Drug Interactions: Because of possible serious drug interactions, it is important to tell your doctor what other drugs you are taking, including those obtained without a prescription.

PLEASE READ THIS SUMMARY CAREFULLY, AND THEN ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT ZOCOR can interact with cyclosporine (Sandimmune), itraconazole, ketoconazole, Lopid, niacin, erythromycin, clarithromycin, HIV protease inhibitors, ZOCOR . NO ADVERTISEMENT CAN PROVIDE ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO and nefazodone. (See WARNINGS, PRESCRIBE A DRUG. THIS ADVERTISEMENT DOES NOT TAKE THE PLACE OF CAREFUL Muscle.) DISCUSSIONS WITH YOUR DOCTOR. ONLY YOUR DOCTOR HAS THE TRAINING TO Some patients taking lipid-lowering agents similar to ZOCOR and coumarin anticoagulants (a type of WEIGH THE RISKS AND BENEFITS OF A PRESCRIPTION DRUG FOR YOU. blood thinner) have experienced bleeding and/or increased blood clotting time. Patients taking these

medicines should have their blood tested before starting therapy with ZOCOR and should continue to USES OF ZOCOR be monitored.

is prescription drug thai is indicated addition ZOCOR a as an to diet for many patients with high choles- Central Nervous System Toxicity; Cancer, Mutations, Impairment of Fertility: Like most terol when diet and exercise are inadeguate. For patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and high cho- prescription drugs, ZOCOR was reguired to be tested on animals before it was marketed for human use. lesterol, ZOCOR is indicated as an addition to diet to reduce the risk of death by reducing coronary death; Often these tests were designed to achieve higher drug concentrations than humans achieve to reduce the risk of heart attack; to reduce the risk for undergoing cardiac procedures (coronary artery at recommended dosing. In some tests, the animals had damage to the nerves in the central nervous grafting percutaneous transluminal angioplasty); bypass and coronary and to reduce the risk of stroke or system. In studies of mice with high doses of ZOCOR, the likelihood of certain types ot cancerous tumors transient ischemic attack (TIA). increased. No evidence of mutations of or damage to genetic material has been seen. In one study with WHEN ZOCOR SHOULD NOT BE USED ZOCOR, there was decreased fertility in male rats.

Some people should not take ZOCOR. Discuss this with your doctor. Pregnancy: Pregnant women should not take ZOCOR because it may harm the fetus.

ZOCOR should not be used by patients who are allergic to any of its ingredients. In addition to the active Safety in pregnancy has not been established. In studies with lipid-lowering agents similar to ZOCOR, ingredient simvastatin, each tablet contains the following inactive ingredients: cellulose, lactose, mag- there have been rare reports of birth defects of the skeleton and digestive system. Therefore, women of nesium stearate, iron oxides, talc, titanium dioxide, and starch. Butylated hydroxyanisole is added as a

childbearing age should not take ZOCOR unless it is highly unlikely they will become pregnant. If a preservative. woman does become pregnant while taking ZOCOR, she should stop taking the drug and talk to her doc- Patients with liver problems: ZOCOR should not be used by patients with active liver disease or tor at once. The active ingredient of ZOCOR did not cause birth defects in rats at 3 times the human dose repeated blood test results indicating possible liver problems. (See WARNINGS or in rabbits at 3 times the human dose.

Women who are or may become pregnant: Pregnant women should not take ZOCOR because it Nursing Mothers: Drugs taken by nursing mothers may be present in their breast milk. Because of the may harm the fetus Women of childbearing age should not take ZOCOR unless it is highly potential for serious adverse reactions in nursing infants, a woman taking ZOCOR should not breast- unlikely that they will become pregnant. If a woman does become pregnant while on ZOCOR, she feed. (See WHEN ZOCOR SHOULD NOT BE USED.) should stop taking the drug and talk to her doctor at once.

Women who are breast-feeding should not take ZOCOR Pediatric Use: ZOCOR is not recommended for children or patients under 20 years of age.

WARNINGS SIDE EFFECTS

Muscle: Tell your doctor right if away you experience any unexplained muscle pain, Most patients tolerate treatment with ZOCOR well; however, like all prescription drugs, ZOCOR can cause tenderness, or weakness at any time during treatment with ZOCOR so your doctor can side effects, and some of them can be serious. Side effects that do occur are usually mild and short- decide if ZOCOR should be stopped. Some patients may have muscle pain or weakness lived. Only your doctor can weigh the risks versus the benefits of any prescription drug. In clinical stud- while taking ZOCOR. Rarely, this can include muscle breakdown resulting in kidney ies with ZOCOR, less than 1 .5% of patients dropped out of the studies because of side effects. In a large, damage. The risk of muscle breakdown is greater in patients taking certain other drugs long-term study, patients taking ZOCOR experienced similar side effects to those patients taking placebo along with ZOCOR, such as the lipid-lowering drug Lopid (gemfibrozil), and other fibrates; (sugar pills) Some ol the side effects that have been reported with ZOCOR or related drugs are listed lipid-lowering doses of niacin (nicotinic acid); Sandimmune (cyclosporine); below. This list is not complete. Be sure to ask your doctor about side effects before taking ZOCOR and itraconazole, ketoconazole, and other azole antifungal drugs; the antibiotics erythromycin to discuss any side effects that occur. and clarithromycin; HIV protease inhibitors; and the antidepressant nefazodone. Digestive System: Constipation, diarrhea, upset stomach, gas, heartburn, stomach pain/cramps, Interruption of therapy with ZOCOR should be considered if you are going to take an azole antifungal medication, such as itraconazole, or macrolide antibiotics, such as ery- anorexia, loss of appetite, nausea, inflammation of the pancreas, hepatitis, jaundice, fatty changes in the liver, and, rarely, severe liver damage and failure, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. thromycin. Patients using ZOCOR along with any of these other drugs should be carefully monitored by their physician. The risk of muscle breakdown is greater in patients with Muscle, Skeletal: Muscle cramps, aches, pain, and weakness; joint pain; muscle breakdown. kidney problems or diabetes.

Nervous System: Dizziness, headache, insomnia, tingling, memory loss, damage to nerves causing Because there are risks in combining therapy with ZOCOR with the drugs listed above, weakness and/or loss ol sensation and/or abnormal sensations, anxiety, depression, tremor, loss of your doctor should carefully weigh the potential benefits and risks. He or she should also balance, psychic disturbances. carefully monitor patients for any muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness, particularly during the initial months of therapy and if the dose of either drug is increased. Your Skin: Rash, itching, hair loss, dryness, nodules, discoloration. doctor also may monitor the level of certain muscle enzymes in your body, but there is no Eye/Senses: Blurred vision, altered taste sensation, progression of cataracts, eye muscle weakness. assurance that such monitoring will prevent the occurrence of severe muscle disease.

Hypersensitivity (Allergic) Reactions: On rare occasions, a wide variety of symptoms have been If you have conditions that can increase your risk of muscle breakdown, which in turn reported to occur either alone or together in groups (referred to as a syndrome) that appeared to be based can cause kidney damage, your doctor should temporarily withhold or stop ZOCOR. Also, on allergic-type reactions, which may rarely be fatal. These have included one or more of the following: a since there are no known adverse consequences of briefly stopping therapy with ZOCOR, severe generalized reaction that may include shortness of breath, wheezing, digestive symptoms, and low treatment should be stopped a few days before elective major surgery and when any blood pressure and even shock; an allergic reaction with swelling of the face, lips, tongue and/or throat with major acute medical or surgical condition occurs. Discuss this with your doctor, who can difficulty swallowing or breathing; symptoms mimicking lupus (a disorder in which a person's immune explain these conditions to you. system may attack parts of his or her own body); severe muscle and blood vessel inflammation; bruises;

Liver: About 1% of patients who took ZOCOR in clinical trials developed elevated levels various disorders ol blood cells (that could result in anemia, infection, or blood clotting problems) or of some liver enzymes. Patients who had these increases usually had no symptoms. Elevated liver abnormal blood tests; inflamed or painful joints; hives, fatigue and weakness; sensitivity to sunlight; fever, enzymes usually returned to normal levels when therapy with ZOCOR was stopped. chills; flushing; difficulty breathing; and severe skin disorders that vary from rash to a serious burn-like

shedding of skin all over the body, including mucous membranes such as the lining of the mouth. In the ZOCOR Survival Study, the number of patients with more than one liver enzyme level elevation to greater than 3 limes the normal upper limit was no different between the ZOCOR and placebo groups. Only Other: Loss of sexual desire, breast enlargement, impotence.

8 patients on ZOCOR and 5 on placebo discontinued therapy due to elevated liver enzyme levels. Patients Laboratory Tests: Liver function test abnormalities including elevated alkaline phosphatase and biliru- were started on 20 mg of ZOCOR, and one third had their dose raised to 40 mg. bin; thyroid lunction abnormalities.

Your doctor should perform routine blood tests to check these enzymes before you start NOTE: This summary provides important information about ZOCOR. If you would like treatment with ZOCOR and periodically thereafter (for example, semiannually) for your more information, ask your doctor or pharmacist to let you read the complete prescribing first year of treatment or until 1 year after your last elevation in dose. Patients titrated to information and then discuss it with them. the 80-mg dose should receive an additional test at 3 months. II your enzyme levels increase, your doctor should order more freguent tests. If your liver enzyme levels remain unusually high, your ZOCOR is a registered trademark of Merck & Co., Inc. doctor should discontinue your medication.

The other brands listed are trademarks of their Tell your doctor about any liver disease you may have had in the past and about how much alcohol you MERCK respective owners and not of Merck & Co., Inc. consume. ZOCOR should be used with caution in patients who consume large amounts of alcohol. Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889

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2000 • THE LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER AMERICAN \J sc-3 (R) SUPPORTER JoAnn Matranga (D) UNKNOWN wa-3 Brian Baird (D) SUPPORTER George Brightharp (D) OPPONENT tx-23 Henry Bonilla (R) SUPPORTER Trent Matson (R) SUPPORTER sc-4 Jim DeMint (R) SUPPORTER Isidro Garza Jr. (D) UNKNOWN wa-4 Doc Hastings (R) SUPPORTER sc-5 John M. Spratt Jr. (D) SUPPORTER tx-24 Martin Frost (D) SUPPORTER Jim Davis (D) UNKNOWN Carl Gullick (R) SUPPORTER James Wright (R) SUPPORTER wa-5 George Nethercutt (R) SUPPORTER sc-6 James E. Clyburn (D) SUPPORTER tx-25 Ken Bentsen (D) SUPPORTER Richard Clear (R) OPPONENT Vince Ellison (R) SUPPORTER Phil Sudan (R) UNKNOWN Tom Flynn (D) UNKNOWN tx-26 Dick Armey (R) SUPPORTER Tom Keefe (D) UNKNOWN SOUTH DAKOTA Steve Love (D) OPPONENT wa-6 Norman Dicks (D) OPPONENT SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION tx-27 Solomon P. Ortiz (D) SUPPORTER Bob Lawrence (R) SUPPORTER al John Thune (R) SUPPORTER Pat Ahumada (R) SUPPORTER wa-7 Jim McDermott (D) OPPONENT Curt Hohn (D) SUPPORTER tx-28 Ciro Rodriguez (D) SUPPORTER wa-8 Jennifer Dunn (R) SUPPORTER tx-29 Gene Green (D) SUPPORTER Greg Gourley (R) UNKNOWN TENNESSEE Joe Vu (R) UNKNOWN Heidi Behrens-Benedict (D)UNKNOWN SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION tx-30 Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) OPPONENT wa-9 (D) SUPPORTER tn-1 Bill Jenkins (R) SUPPORTER SENATE Chris Vance (R) SUPPORTER tn-2 John J. Duncan Jr. (R) SUPPORTER Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) SUPPORTER SENATE tn-3 ZachWamp(R) SUPPORTER Gene Kelly (D) SUPPORTER Slade Gorton (R) SUPPORTER Will Callaway (D) OPPONENT Maria Cantwell (D) OPPONENT tn-4 Van Hilleary (R) SUPPORTER UTAH Ron Mullins (D) OPPONENT David Dunaway (D) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION Deborah Senn (D) UNKNOWN tn-5 Bob Clement (D) SUPPORTER ut-1 James V. Hansen (R) SUPPORTER Stan Scott (R) SUPPORTER Kathleen McConkie (D) UNKNOWN WEST VIRGINIA tn-6 Bart Gordon (D) SUPPORTER UT-2 Derek W. Smith (R) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION Eleanor Gibbs(R) SUPPORTER Jim Matheson (D) UNKNOWN wv-1 Alan Mollohan (D) SUPPORTER tn-7 Ed Bryant (R) SUPPORTER UT-3 Chris Cannon (R) SUPPORTER wv-2 Jim Humphreys (D) SUPPORTER Richard Sims (D) OPPONENT Donald Dunn (D) UNKNOWN Shelley Moore Capito (R) SUPPORTER tn-8 JohnS. Tanner (D) OPPONENT SENATE wv-3 Nick J. Rahall (D) SUPPORTER Billy Yancy(R) SUPPORTER Orrin G. Hatch (R) SUPPORTER SENATE tn-9 Harold E. Ford Jr. (D) SUPPORTER Scott Howell (D) OPPONENT Robert C. Byrd (D) OPPONENT SENATE David Gallaher (R) SUPPORTER Bill Frist (R) SUPPORTER Jeff Clarke (D) SUPPORTER (September 12, 2000 Primary) WISCONSIN SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION (September 12, 2000 Primary)

TEXAS al Bernard Sanders (I) OPPONENT SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION SENATE wi-1 Paul Ryan (R) SUPPORTER tx-1 MaxSandlin (D) SUPPORTER James M. Jeffords (R) OPPONENT John Graf (D) UNKNOWN Noble Willingham (R) SUPPORTER (D) OPPONENT Jeffrey Thomas (D) UNKNOWN tx-2 Jim Turner (D) SUPPORTER (D) OPPONENT WI-2 Tammy Baldwin (D) OPPONENT tx-3 (R) SUPPORTER John Sharpless (R) OPPONENT Billy Wayne Zachary (D) OPPONENT VIRGINIA Ron Kind (D) OPPONENT tx-4 Robert M. Hall (D) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION Susan Tully (R) SUPPORTER Jon Newton (R) SUPPORTER va-1 Jo Ann Davis(R) SUPPORTER Gerald D. Kleczka (D) OPPONENT tx-5 Pete Sessions (R) SUPPORTER Lawrence Davies (D) SUPPORTER Tim Riener (R) SUPPORTER Regina Coggins (D) OPPONENT va-2 Edward Schrock (R) SUPPORTER WI-5 Tom Barrett (D) OPPONENT tx-6 Joe Barton (R) SUPPORTER Jody Wagner (D) SUPPORTER Jonathan Smith (R) UNKNOWN tx-7 Jeff Sell (D) SUPPORTER va-3 Bobby Scott (D) OPPONENT ri-6 Thomas E. Petri (R) OPPONENT John Culberson (R) SUPPORTER va-4 Norman Sisisky (D) SUPPORTER John Moder(R) UNKNOWN tx-8 Kevin Brady (R) SUPPORTER va-5 Virgil H. Goode (I) SUPPORTER Dan Flaherty (D) UNKNOWN tx-9 NickLampson (D) SUPPORTER John Boyd (D) UNKNOWN ii-7 David R. Obey (D) OPPONENT Paul Williams (R) SUPPORTER va-6 Bob Goodlatte (R) SUPPORTER Sean Cronin (R) SUPPORTER

TX-10 Lloyd Doggett (D) OPPONENT va-7 Eric Cantor (R) SUPPORTER ii-8 Mark Green (R) SUPPORTER TX-11 Chet Edwards (D) SUPPORTER Warren Stewart (D) OPPONENT Dean Reich (D) UNKNOWN Ramsey Farley (R) SUPPORTER va-8 James P. Moran (D) OPPONENT wi-9 James Sensenbrenner (R)SUPPORTER TX-12 Kay Granger (R) SUPPORTER Desmaris Miller (R) SUPPORTER Mike Clawson (D) OPPONENT Mark Greene (D) UNKNOWN va-9 Rick Boucher (D) OPPONENT SENATE tx-13 (R) SUPPORTER Mike Osborne (R) SUPPORTER Herb Kohl (D) OPPONENT Curtis Clinesmith (D) SUPPORTER va-10 Frank R. Wolf (R) SUPPORTER Jim Sigl (D) SUPPORTER tx-14 Ron Paul (R) OPPONENT VA-11 Tom Davis (R) SUPPORTER John Gillespie (R) SUPPORTER Loy Sneary (D) SUPPORTER Mike Corrigan (D) OPPONENT Marc Gumz (R) UNKNOWN tx-15 Ruben Hinojosa (D) SUPPORTER SENATE Bill Lorge (R) SUPPORTER tx-16 Silvestre Reyes (D) SUPPORTER Charles S. Robb (D) OPPONENT tx-17 Charles W. Stenholm (D) SUPPORTER George Allen (R) SUPPORTER WYOMING Darrell Clements (R) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION tx-18 Sheila Jackson Lee (D) OPPONENT WASHINGTON al (R) SUPPORTER Bob Levy (R) SUPPORTER (September 19, 2000 Primary) Michael Allen Green (D) UNKNOWN tx-19 Larry Combest (R) SUPPORTER SEAT CANDIDATE POSITION SENATE tx-20 Charles Gonzalez (D) OPPONENT wa-1 Jay Inslee (D) OPPONENT CraigThomas (R) SUPPORTER TX-21 Lamar S. Smith (R) SUPPORTER Dan McDonald (R) SUPPORTER Mel Logan (D) OPPONENT Jim Green (D) UNKNOWN wa-2 John Koster (R) SUPPORTER TX-22 Tom DeLay (R) SUPPORTER Rick Larsen (D) UNKNOWN Article design: Holly K. Soria

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New National Commander Ray Smith is tough and motivated beneath the charm.

from their shared American Legion By Peter B. Rose activities. "Ray will be a hands-on, Photos by Tom Strattman grassroots commander," Jordan pre- dicts. "He's very collegial, and per- SMITH, the Benson, sonable, and takes the time to reach N.C., electrical whiz and Post out." RAYOffice alumnus is as North Judge James J. Dean, Past National Carolina as they come. His Commander ('86- '87), goes back Ford tractor that his dad purchased diction is hush-puppy mild, decades with Smith. "Ray is an indus- when he was in the service. Smith palatable as grits, spicy as bar- trious, hard worker who came up grew up in a family of ten on a 75-to- becue. through the ranks of The American 100 acre farm at "the sweet potato cap- The new National Com- Legion like myself," he notes. "As ital of the world." He recalls floral seed mander of The American Legion pos- National Commander, he'll have a lot sacks and patterned chicken feed bags sesses a good, sincere, full-sounding of rapport with the general member- that were used to make quilts. voice that holds your attention. It's ship. That's his strong suit. He's He didn't like milking the cows or comfortable, almost caressing, in its down-to-earth, congenial, and yet anything else about farming, which he gentle and thoughtful tone. strong." calls "the biggest gamble in the "What's a Tar Heel, Ray?" world." Not until he was 14 did the "Do you want the true story?" Ray's Hideaway. A sweet potato family have electricity or plumbing. "Yep." packing company, a huge white house "We got a fridge, lights, a washing ma- "North Carolina soldiers wouldn't behind columns that used to be a cot- chine - we were uptown," he recalls retreat in the Civil War. It was said ton gin, long low buildings with metal with the tilt of his chin and gleaming they had tar on their heels." roofs that are turkey houses, and tobac- eyes. Like his brethren of long ago, co farms with long rows of big green Smith doesn't retreat, either. He's leaves lead to 30 acres of farmland that Emergency Power. During the Korean folksy, but sure; soft-spoken and contain grapes, apples, and pear and War, Smith set up emergency power adamant; as tenacious as he is diplo- peach trees. Evergreens surround the units for temporary runway systems all matic. open land. "This is my hideaway," over the Pacific. "I really enjoyed it," Past National Commander Antho- Smith confides. he says. On Tinian, a tiny eight-by- ny Jordan ('97- '98) knows Smith well He jumps onto the gray and red '53 four-mile island, 85,000 troops used the

20 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 2000 An avid outdoorsman, National Commander Ray Smith enjoys a warm North Carolina afternoon on his faithful tractor. hastily built, short runway. "I often grass and clear the land. The machine wondered why I didn't stay in the ser- came in handy for cleanup after the vice. I was a tech sergeant when I came devastating North Carolina flood in out after four years," Smith reminisces. August 1999. "Our Post ran machines A day after Smith got out of the ser- that provided ice that people filled vice, on Sept. 7, 1955, he joined The their coolers with to keep their babies' American Legion. This was exactly 45 milk cold," Smith recalls. "At the years before his Sept. 7, 2000, inaugu- cemetery they tied caskets to trees to ration as National Commander. Smith prevent them from floating away. and his brother Grayland Smith ran a Propane gas tanks and double-wide Benson electrical company that did trailers floated down the road. Mil- commercial and residential work, and lions of hogs and turkeys died. We Ray also served as a rural mail carrier. got hit by three hurricanes and 37 "When I retired in '95, 1 was spending inches of rain in a week." more time with The American Legion Is it any wonder that one of than with my career," he recalls. Smith's priorities is building up the "Ray's forte is the Americanism/ National Emergency Fund? "I saw Children & Youth area," Jordan ob- how much of a difference The Ameri- serves. "He's very strong with youth can Legion made in the North Caroli- programs." na flood," he says. "Four hundred Smith savors the time spent with his On his tractor, Smith uses his roads were flooded. People were liv- grandchildren, as with Savannah Rose "bush hog" - the rotary cutter - to cut ing in shelters. I saw how well the Creed, 3.

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Ray Smith entered the Air Force in 1951 and subsequently was deployed to Korea with the 19th Bomb Wing, 20th Air Force. A Commander's Resume Residence: Benson, N.C. Age: 67

Family: Wife Helen; children Anita, Gordon, Amy

Education: Meadow H.S., Benson, 1951; Electrical Engineering School, Fort Leonard Wood, Mis- souri, 1952

Military: U.S. Air Force, 1951 1955; 19th Bomb Wing, 20th Air Force, Korean War; NCO in charge of electrical department, Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, S.C.

Electrical Contractor: Benson, 1963-1992

U.S. Postal Service: 1984-1995. The American Legion:

Post- Adjutant, 20 years; Board Smith visits with North Carolina's Durham Post 7 team in the dugout during a game. of Directors, 24 years; Comman- der, 4 years department responded to needs." system." As for the flag amendment, District - Vice Commander; Com- Child welfare is an area that Smith "People ask, 'Why keep pushing?' I wants to bolster. "The Sons of The reply, 'Because it's the right thing to mander American Legion is giving more than do.' I don't believe burning the flag is Department - Vice Commander; The American Legion now," he notes. freedom of speech." Membership Chairman; Comman- "We've got to give grants to companies Smith is concerned about the drop der; Internal Affairs Commission that help children." in Legion membership. "I want to get Chairman; Americanism Commis- Youth programs are high on all the members involved in address- sion Chairman; Children & Youth Smith's list of importance. "I think ing the problem," he declares. "There's Commission Chairman we've got the best in the world," no magic formula. But I hope to National -Vice Commander, Na- Smith says. "Boys and Girls State, the inspire with the theme 'Soaring into tional Contest and Supervisory oratorical contest, American Legion the New Millennium.' I'm going to Commission; Americanism Com- baseball, the junior shooting program, institute a program called 'Ray's mission they're all excellent." Aces' that offers recognition and pins Interests: Fishing, boating, hunting The G.I. Bill of Health, Smith rea- for signing up new members." sons, "is the only way to save the VA Judge Dean thinks Smith will do

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National defense is another of Smith's concerns. "We've balanced the budget and are now showing a surplus at what cost to the military?" he asks. "We've got to get our Congressmen to realize that our military is in pretty bad shape, and to take appropriate action."

Main Street Cafe. American Flags waft in the breeze behind Bradford pear trees on Benson's Main Street. It's a neat and organized brick town that appears to do steady business. The maple trees are brilliant in autumn, the school is hand- some, the side streets trimmed.

Benson is known for two annual events. Mule Days and its Singing Con- vention. Banner Post 109, always a community center, packs in 300 to 400 for its Saturday night dances. Largely through Smith's efforts that go back decades, the Post has 820 members out of a population of 3,500. As a little boy, Smith frequented the hot dog stand that is now Benson's Main Street Cafe. Over in a corner, prominent local attorney and American Legion member Joe Levinson declares, "Ray's absolutely a good guy. But he's too humble. Can a person be too hum- ble? He's very well liked." At the News in Review newspaper, whose 4,500 circulation covers half of Johnston County, editor Mike Dart says Ray possess- es "the courage of his convictions. We've had our battles, but we're

still friends." Dart

adds, "This is a pretty, homey town" where Smith addresses "Ray wears a lot the Legion's Mem- of hats." Smith and his wife, Helen, live on a cozy, wooded farm in Benson, N.C. bership Workshop One of those in July, promising hats is serving on go outside. Two shooting deaths re- a while, the rabble oozed away, and to focus his efforts the city council. sulted from confrontations. Benson was clean and safe again. on "stopping the the three-sto- "It finds success working membership slide." At was a war zone," Langdon Smith by ry, orange-brick says. with others and tinkering on problems Benson Municipal Building, Ray and With Smith and Langdon playing that greatly affect peoples' lives. He's Keith Langdon, the town manager and key leadership roles, a no-cruise zone a natural as National Commander, and an American Legion member, recall was created where police laptops not- with the help of long-time American the city campaign to defeat cruisers ed the passing of the same license Legion friends, he looks forward to from other areas who were terrorizing plate three times within two hours. making the most of the position. the town. Ear-splitting noise, trash and That got a ticket. Road blocks were violence were making people afraid to among other effective measures. After Article design: Holly K. Soria

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In seconds, as the trainee's flight chair flips to an upside-down position under the water, he has to find release points and take in enough oxygen to carry him through an obstacle course designed to simulate a submerged cockpit. underwater proving ground. And it not a good swimmer, this is the tough- "Dunker," where they are greeted by shows. During their brief breaks, est part of my pilot training," admitted an ominous sign directing them to trainees slump into the poolside Mendenhall, a future F/A-18 pilot "Strap in ... Brace for impact." bleachers. Some gasp for air; others with a disarming smile and an old- The Dunker is a 7-foot-wide, 15- just stare at the pool, knowing McNair fashioned crew cut. He's only a year foot-long cylinder that hangs above an will soon call them back in. away from flying off the deck of a car- indoor pool. When released from its McNair and his team use a mix of rier, but that lifelong goal will never hoist, the Dunker simulates a helicopter repetition and encouragement to train become reality if he doesn't pass impacting the water's surface. their students, showering them with an NOMI's battery of tests. After slamming into the water, the array of commands, scenarios, sights Dunker rolls 180 degrees, spinning the and sounds. Dunk Tank. From the main pool, trainees upside down. With their eyes It's not easy, as Ensign Jason Mendenhall and his fellow trainees covered by black-painted goggles, the Mendenhall discovered. "Since I'm move on to NOMI's famous trainees have to find a predetermined

28 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 2000 reference point, unlatch their safety belts and then swim up to the surface. If all goes smoothly, the whole exer- cise takes less than 30 seconds. Divers in full scuba gear await the falling Dunker. Their purpose is twofold: to evaluate the trainees and to rescue them if something goes wrong. And things can go wrong, ac- cording to Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Schick, a NOMI diver and instructor. Naval and Marine aviators prepare for submersion in NOMI's famous "Dunker." "They can get disoriented in there," observed Schick, gesturing over his towboat just off the Big Dog's bow, the slaps away at the tether fasteners, be- shoulder to the pool where he spends trainee stands on the deck of the boat as gins the 200-yard fall toward the most of his waking hours. "If they instructors open his parachute behind ocean and braces for impact. start to bump into each other, we don't him. A trio of these towboats constant- Most of the young fliers barely waste any time at that point. One pan- ly circles the Big Dog, swinging around make a splash as they hit the surface, icking person could really mess up either side of the mini-aircraft carrier a credit to their training. But now everybody else," the 12-year Navy one at a time to drop off a tether line they face perhaps the most critical veteran added. and pick up a trainee. Occasionally, moment of an over-water ejection. If they have to escort curious civilian an airman fails to land feet-first and Mind Over Matter. "Crash! Crash!" boaters out of the Big Dog's path. turn his chute into the wind, he McNair signals the beginning of shal- Tasked with retrieving the jumpers, won't be able to keep his face above low-water egress training with a yell. another three boats meander a few the water. And if that happens, he Suddenly, the trainee's flight chair flips hundred yards away. In case will become disoriented and could from an upright position just inches something goes awry, a medical boat drown as the wind skims him in and above the water to an upside-down po- zigzags near the landing zone. But out of the ocean. That's why it is sition just under the water. In the inter- thanks to a week of classroom instruc- important for the trainee to discon- vening two seconds, he has to find the tion and a few practice jumps off the nect from the canopy within seconds release points on his chair and take in Air Force's parachuting pier, these of hitting the water. enough oxygen to carry him through an trainees make sure the medical crew's Those perilous few moments are underwater obstacle course designed to day is uneventful. followed by a quiet minute alone in simulate a submerged cockpit. When the towboat skipper is given the water, as the trainee waits for one Like most of the exercises, this one the thumbs-up sign, he hits the throt- of the retrieval boats. The water is is easier to describe than perform. One tle, the trainee begins to run toward chilly, and most trainees are eager to Army trainee is unable to get through the edge of the Big Dog and the para- climb into the relative safety and all the steps - he's having trouble chute catches the wind, lifting the warmth of these floating pickup trucks holding his breath. Each time he trainee off the deck and into the air. after their jumps. comes up for air, he has to start over. Speeding away from the Big Dog, Through it all, they know the next "Mind over matter," shouted McNair. the towboat lets out more line, cata- jump may be from a crippled air- "If you don't mind, it don't matter." pulting the trainee 450 to 600 feet plane, and they probably won't be With a little more encouragement, above the crystal-blue water. landing in the friendly waters of the trainee finally makes it through The view is breathtaking but brief. Pensacola Bay. and joins his awaiting classmates. As a flagman gives the signal to dis- NOMI trainee Heather O'Donnell connect from the towboat, the trainee Article design: Holly K. Soria can empathize with the waterlogged soldier. After hours in the water, her once-olive flight suit has taken on the shiny-black color of an oil slick. "It's scary in there," the future F-14 naviga- tor explained. "You've got water pouring in your ears and nose. Your eyes are covered, and you're just not used to that."

The Big Dog. While NOMI uses pools and chambers for its training, the Air Force Water Survival School uses "The Big Dog" - a flat-topped boat for launching not warplanes, but the peo- ple who fly them. Tethered to an awaiting high-speed

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When The American Legion was founded in 1919, disabled veterans selling pencils on the street was not just a figure of speech. War widows taking in wash to feed their young children was an all-too-common reality, as was veterans trapped in dead-end jobs with no hope for advancement. Our founders knew this was not the way a grateful nation should repay those who gave their youth, and even their lives, in defense of liberty.

Mobilizing the courage of their convictions, they and thousands of concerned veterans of the Great War organized and gave birth to The American Legion. They had a vision of America that saw justice for those who served and returned whole, compassion for those who bore the visible scars of war, and mercy for the widows and orphans of those who fell.

And that vision has become reality because of you. For more than 80 years, you have not abandoned the four strong pillars upon which we were founded: a strong national security; education and employment for veterans; the wholesome development of our nation's youth; and a one-hundred-percent Americanism.

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Sincerely,

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LEGISLATIVE

The Legion maintains a fully staffed office in Washington, D.C., to represent you in Congress and

consistently monitors all legislation which concerns active and retired military, veterans and their families.

For more information, call 202-861-2700 or e-mail us at leg&legion.org

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question of whether our military is ade- a large number of people who could quately prepared has to be "no." easily get jobs elsewhere. They wanted A number of things have gone to be in the military. Mi ®ur military wrong since the stunning victory we What is the difference between now

and our allies won in the Gulf War in and then? Primarily I think it is a fail- machine in rut a 1991. The first and most serious is the ure of the leadership now. The Clinton loss of morale which has resulted in By Caspar W. Weinberger the failure of almost all of our services "We again have sol- to attract enough people to fill recruit-

I HE ing goals. The contrast with the situa- AMERICAN LEGION di rjm on food stamps Magazine quite properly asks tion in 1988 and 1991 is painful. I if our current U.S. military During the 1980s, our recruitment as in the decade of I force is adequately prepared succeeded to the point where we had I to defend U.S. interests, substantial numbers of qualified people neglect- the 1970s." a This is a critical question on waiting lists to get into the armed

I in which far too few people forces. Some people say the problem

I have an interest, especially now is that most people can get jobs in administration never seems to under-

I in these days of economic the private sector very easily. This ig- stand the military, nor in many cases

I prosperity and no immediate nores two facts: 1) A great many peo- even to like it. As almost its first act, OB threats appearing to an indif- ple join the military because they want the Clinton administration began advo- ferent public. to serve; and 2) we had very prosper- cating reversal of years of careful han- Unfortunately, the answer to the ous times during the Reagan years, and dling of the issue of homosexuality in

38 • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 2000 the armed forces. This had the effect of polarizing the military and resulted in one of the standard halfway compro- mises by which difficult issues are brushed under the rug. That was a comparatively minor matter, but it did set the stage for a long list of actions which weakened the mil- itary and reverted to the dangerous days of neglect and lack of prepared- ness which were reversed at great ex- pense in the 1980s. First among these was the drastic reduction in funding between fiscal 1990 and 1999. Active Army divisions were cut from 18 to 10; Navy carrier task forces were reduced from 15 to 1 1; Air Force active fighter wings went from 24 to 13; and Marine Corps active-duty strength dropped from 197,000 to 174,000. But those figures tell only half the U.S. soldiers patrol a Kosovo alley in February. Despite their efforts, Yugoslavian story. They do not report the major cuts President Slobodan Milosevic remains in power. in military procurement (we have had virtually a weapons procurement holi- been broken, and there has been a fail- nior military officers, reported the Air day for new weapons for the last three ure to keep pace with inflation. Sur- Force readiness for combat slumped to years), nor do they tell the story of the veys show only 36 percent of Army its lowest level in 15 years. Readiness cuts in research and development lieutenants and captains plan to stay in has declined 28 percent since the end of funds. These are the funds that helped the military as a career. Compared the Cold War. us develop over a period of years the with a 52 percent retention rate a In December and January, about 115 highly specialized weapons such as decade ago, that shows that the lack of of 3 15 Air Force combat units were not those which helped us and our allies to good housing and medical care for fully ready to perform their missions. win the Gulf War with little cost to our- dependents account for some of the In short, the Air Force is only about 65 selves. discontent. percent combat ready compared with There is also a lack of trust in senior the 95-percent readiness of a bigger Air Leadership Drain. At the same time, policy makers. We again have soldiers Force in 1989. some of the recruitment promises have on food stamps, as we did in the decade of neglect - the 1970s. All of this has A Futile Foreign Policy. The worst contributed to lower morale and poor part about many of these futile overseas recruiting. engagements is that they are indeed No one joins the military to make futile. They represent attempts to pan- money, but we must treat the people der to domestic pressures of particular who contribute so heavily to our safety lobbies and an increasing willingness to and security with fairness and justice. Despite the palpable loss of strength of our armed forces, which has been obvi- "...Mlufzlijfj policy, ous to our allies and our potential foes, if it we have called upon the military to per- can he imi form an increasing number of highly onerous, dangerous and unwinnable consists pm missions abroad. Overseas deployments have trying to appear increased more than 300 percent since we won the Cold War. In asking more Russia, North Kmi

from a military that is being given less, we have caused tours of duty to be far and China" U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen too long and operating tempos far too looks on as Vice Chairman of the Central high. Further, we do not allow military turn a great many matters of security Military Commission of the People's personnel stationed overseas even to over to a United Nations that has nei- Republic of China Gen. Zhang Wannian apply for food stamps; they are not eli- ther the competence nor the training to speaks at a 1998 Washington press con- gible for Women, Infants & Children conduct military operations. ference. Foreign policy critics have programs for the Haiti, includes accused the Clinton/Gore administration nor Earned Income This started with of kowtowing to China's encroaching Tax Credit. Bosnia and Kosovo, and forays into stance toward U.S. ally Taiwan. The , quoting se- Rwanda and Somalia. Our forces have

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been given nonmilitary, so-called hu- manitarian, housekeeping and peace- keeping tasks in areas where there is no peace. Typically, these forces have been seriously undermanned and with- out the proper weapons for the task. The tasks themselves have been un- clear and fuzzy, as indeed have the rules of engagement. In Bosnia we became part of a ma- jor effort to carry out terms of the high- ly flawed Dayton Peace Accord, which A young Marine detains a group of Somalis during the U.S. nation-building operation left the brutal aggressor Slobodan in Somalia of 1992-1993. Milosevic in charge of the Bosnian Serbs. Our forces were supposed to be vars and the Albanians from particular- to Iraq and Iran. pulled out a month before Christmas - ly brutal treatment orchestrated by We continue to pour into the IMF but that was three years ago. We are Milosevic and the Serbs. When we fin- billions of unaudited dollars. The Rus- accomplishing nothing there because ished (I explicitly avoid the use of the sians have used much of the money to inevitably the enmities and deep word "won" because apparently we acquire sophisticated modern weapons hatreds between many of the people had no objective), Milosevic was still completely unnecessary for a country involved have neither been resolved ruling, and he continues to rule with the whose economy is in shambles and nor removed. same brutality. In Kosovo our troops performed Plus, he still has sovereignty over "No one joins the magnificently, but to what end? Osten- Kosovo, his Army is intact, and he is sibly we went in to protect the Koso- able to arrangements with Russian make military to border guards that leave the Kosovars, make the Albanians and even some of the money, but must Serbs at the same or greater risk than be- we fore we went in. Yet Brig. Gen. Ricardo treat the people who Sanchez, the senior U.S. officer in the NATO-led force there, recently predict- contribute heavily ed that the administration's commit- so ment, unless changed, will keep the to NATO "peacekeepers" bogged down our safety and for at least a generation. security with fairness Saddam Hussein still reigns in Iraq and, despite numerous flights by our andJustice." pilots, there is not the slightest prospect that anything but death will remove Hussein. And while he is there, no real whose leadership has been quite am- 01 peace is possible in the Middle East. bivalent. In the last few years we have Costly Appeasement. Finally, our for- markedly and deliberately tilted toward

eign policy, if it can be called that, con- China, upsetting carefully crafted posi- sists primarily of trying to appease Rus- tions toward Taiwan, and we have re- sia, North Korea and China. We contin- fused to supply Taiwan with the defen- Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milose- ue to ignore Russia's anti-U.S. sive weapons it needs and which our vic arrives for talks in Moscow in 1998. positions in most international matters, statutes and security interests require us NATO peacekeeping efforts continue that it is itself to supply. even after proving largely ineffective in and the fact aligning with removing him from power. Milosevic and China and selling arms China continues to deploy increas-

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"... we could easily A young girl seems amused as U.S. Army soldiers conduct a house-to-house save $3 billion by weapons search in Kosovo earlier this year. / •Bill]ting whatever it ing numbers of missiles on its East North Korea to secure nuclear reactors Coast facing Taiwan, and we refuse to which can make plutonium. But North is we are doing in the supply Taiwan with the necessary de- Korea continues to violate repeated fensive weapons for fear of "provok- promises to give up its nuclear ing" China. Our actions can only en- weapons program. courage China to believe that if it We persist in adhering to an ABM should carry out increasing specific Treaty that forbids us ever to have an It will take far more political courage threats against Taiwan, we would do effective defense against the vast num- by our leaders than has been evident little to try to restrain the mainlanders. ber of nuclear, intercontinental missiles recently to request - and vigorously In North Korea we continue to in- possessed by Russia and China and a advocate - adequate military budgets to crease our offers to this heavily armed growing number in the hands of North repair all of this damage. It is consis- dictatorship. It accepts all our offers, Korea. Instead of continuing with active tently estimated that next year's defense including arrangements to enable work designed to deploy an effective budget should be at least $25 billion system of defenses against these most after inflation over the roughly $280 lethal weapons, we continue the 1972 billion budgeted this year. policy of resting our defenses and our Some savings in the $280 billion future safety on a flawed philosophical could be made. For example, we could assumption that the Russians would easily save $3 billion by reducing

behave in the same way we would. whatever it is we are doing in the Thus we adhere to the ABM thesis Balkans. Additional base closings and that a country is only completely safe eliminating the bad habit of charging

when it is totally vulnerable - a thesis totally nonmilitary items to the defense enshrined in the ABM Treaty which budget could save more. was never verifiable and never really But more will have to be spent be- adhered to by the Soviet Union or pre- fore we can say our military force is sent-day Russia. adequate to defend our interests. Instead of using Article 15 of the ABM Treaty itself to declare that our Caspar Wein- national interest requires we no longer berger was Secre-

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to our country. Plus, we still don't have a Resilient Spence focuses on China, Russia and national missile defense and there are nations with intercontinental ballistic mis- missile defense, calls for stronger military. siles and nuclear warheads pointing at us.

N ADDITION TO being a Navy That occurred in the mid-1950s be- 0: How important is developing and veteran, trailblazer in South Caroli- cause of a narrowly interpreted South deploying a national missile defense? na politics, survivor of a double- Carolina law. Since then, the longtime lung transplant and kidney trans- public servant hasn't had many political A: It's critical. It's very important. I've plant, 30-year veteran of Congress setbacks, serving in South Carolina's heard people say, "We can't afford to and chairman of the powerful upper and lower houses as both a Demo- build a national missile defense." I say House Armed Services Committee, crat and a Republican, winning a seat in we can't afford not to. Even an acciden- Floyd Spence may have the distinction the U.S. House, and ascending to key tal launch could have terrible conse- of serving one of the briefest terms as leadership positions on the Armed Ser- quences. Post Commander in Legion history. "I vices and Veterans' Affairs Committees. Just a few years ago, Norway

was elected and then they found out I His work on those committees has launched a weather rocket, and Russia's was in the state legislature, so they had to garnered Spence the title "The Veterans' military sensors mistook the launch for a unelect me," Spence recalls with his Friend in Congress." In tribute to his ballistic-missile attack from one of our trademark Southern wit. decades of service to the nation's mili- submarines. They were within minutes tary, Spence's col- of launching an attack on us in retaliation leagues named the for something we didn't do. We're that Defense Authoriza- close to a real nuclear holocaust.

tion bill for fiscal 2001, "The Floyd D. Q: The Russian government has

Spence National De- warned that it will withdraw from all fense Authorization existing arms-reduction treaties if the Act." Associate Edi- United States deploys a missile defense. tor Alan W. Dowd How should President Clinton and his interviewed Spence successor respond to these threats?

as the bill with the congressman's name A: Well, we might want to stop this

on it overwhelming- trend of arms-reduction. Not long ago in ly passed in the a meeting here in Washington, Russian House and was sent officials shook their fingers in our face

to the Senate. and told us they still have a nuclear arse-

nal that is being improved all the time. THE AMERICAN They threatened us. We didn't win the LEGION MAGAZINE: Cold War by giving in to threats like What is the most that. We shouldn't worry about an arms pressing national- race. That's really what won the Cold security challenge War - Reagan's buildup brought down facing our country the Soviet Union. today? Q: You have mentioned that China FLOYD SPENCE: and America appear to be on a colli- Gosh, we've got so sion course. Is there anything that can many of them. We be done to avert a new Cold War or

|o have been reducing even open hostilities between the Unit- | the size of our force ed States and China?

f and cutting back on I the defense budget A: I'm not good at predicting things.

| for 16 straight years. But I do believe if we have another We're to the point large-scale war in the future, it's going to now that we've re- be with China. That's what the Chinese duced the force 35 to government is saying. They are prepar- fight to use the military Floyd Spence is chairman of the House Armed Services 45 percent. We've ing to us and Committee and a member of Post 7 in Lexington, S.C. got three people do- secrets they have stolen from us. I don't

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0: How does the bill respond to the priorities of veter- Ensign Spence served the ans? on USS LSM-397, shown here escorting the USNS General A.W. Greely in 1951. A: We have made Medicare subven- tion permanent in FLOYD D. SPENCE this bill. Retirees have been fighting A Public Servant from Rep. Floyd Spence gestures in discussions with Army Brig. for this a long the Palmetto State Gen. Terry L. Tucker at The American Legion's 1999 Washing- time. Along with ton Conference. Joining in the discussion are the late Milford that, we've 1928: Born in Columbia, S.C. A. Forrester (The American Legion Magazine Commision Chair- restored pharmacy man), left, and Past National Commander E. Roy Stone Jr. 1952: Earned Bachelor of Arts access for all degree from the University of South know how we can change the govern- Medicare-eligible retirees. Carolina in Columbia; awarded a ment in China, other than just doing as We're still working on implementing a commission in the U.S. Naval Reagan did and outspending them in an veterans' health-care program that is more Reserve; served aboard the USS arms race. similar to the Federal Employees' Health Carter Hall and USS LSM-397. We've sent mixed signals too long on Benefits Program [which offers more 1956: Received law degree from the Taiwan. We promised to help the people choices to participants]. And now we've University of South Carolina School of Taiwan when they fled communism. got a roadmap for trying to phase that in. of Law; partner in the And we should fulfill that commitment. became a law Again, we need a national missile de- Q: A new president will be sworn in firm Callison and Spence in West fense so that China can't intimidate us next January. What should be his top Columbia, S.C; elected to the South from coming to Taiwan's aid. national-security priority? Carolina House of Representatives as a Democrat (switched to the Republi-

0: You have been working on the fis- A: He has to help us deploy a national can Party in 1962). cal 2001 National Defense Authoriza- missile defense. President Clinton has 1963: Named commanding officer tion Act (HR 4205) for months. Could hampered us every step of the way on of Naval Reserve Surface Division in you discuss some of the highlights of this issue. He's vetoed our bills and Columbia, S.C. the bill? thrown roadblocks into our way every 1966: Elected to the South Carolina time we've made some movement on Senate. A: What we've been able to do is amaz- national missile defense. The new presi-

ing. After 16 straight years of declining dent is going to have to rum that around 1968: Became group commander of all defense budgets, the president came by helping us rather than hindering us in Naval Reserve Units in Columbia, S.C.

forth with a slight increase. While we've that respect. 1970: Elected to the U.S. House of been able to add $50 billion over the last We also have to build up the rest of Representatives. six years to his defense budget proposals, the military - all the way across the 1988: Underwent a double-lung we haven't been able to stop the decline board - to meet the threats that are facing transplant; retired from the Naval in overall defense spending. As a nation, us today. For instance, we're supposed to Reserve as a captain. we've dug a hole for ourselves in be able to fight two major theater wars defense. We added $4.5 billion to the simultaneously. We've cut back so much 1995: Became chairman of the president's request this year, and he's that I doubt we could fight one war like House National Security Committee, opposed to that. the Persian Gulf War. We certainly which was re-designated the House

But with this addition, we've been couldn't do it with the same degree of Armed Services Committee in 1999.

able to improve the quality of life of our efficiency. That means the risk is high to 2000: Underwent a kidney transplant. military and veterans. We've got a 3.7- our military people. percent increase in pay. We have also increased the housing allowance for mili- Q: Chairman Spence, you've been in Congress and the American people of tary families. We set up a subsistence public service for at least 45 years, these military needs when the president payment of up to $500 per month to re- serving your country, your state and says, "We're in great shape." But this lieve the problem of military families your community. What do you view as year's Defense Authorization bill did being forced to use food stamps. your single greatest accomplishment that; it's probably the best thing I've

I We are also increasing military con- in the public sector? done as a public servant. I struction programs by $400 million.

That's very important. This is all in addi- It's difficult to convince the rest of Article design: Doug Rollison

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buildup aimed at reclaiming Taiwan in secret, and its leaders have often resorted the short term and challenging America to military force to sate those ambitions. U.S. Trade Representative Charlene in the long term - the "trade uber alles" Indeed, as the Pentagon's recent report Barshefsky, left, shakes hands with caucus in Washington might want to on the Chinese military warns, "China's China's Foreign Trade Minister Shi history resolve to military force should consider before they continue employ Guangsheng after signing a breakthrough down this path. not be discounted." trade agreement in Beijing Nov. 15, 1999.

4g • THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 2000 In the 1980s, Beijing invaded India for a second time and took Vietnam's Spratly Islands. And in the 1990s, amid the most open period of U.S.-China trade in 60 years,

Beijing swung its military sights back to Taiwan with waves of missile tests that effectively blockaded the democratic island, a fusillade of demands that invoked memories of Austria's pre-

World War I ultimatums on Serbia and a nuclear-tipped warning for America. These reckless forays into foreign lands and international waters are linked A Chinese destroyer is framed between two U. S. Navy sailors as the ship pulls into San to more than national pride. China is Diego March 21 , 1997. It was the Chinese navy's first-ever visit to the U.S. mainland. hamstrung with a petroleum deficit of 600,000 barrels a day. To make up that onto Taiwan, China could then use its to the world what Washington should deficit, Beijing is banking on armed medium-range missiles to blackmail the have known a decade earlier and what forces, not market forces: countries that host America's forward- Churchill dismissed as an impossibility Thanks to a 3 14-percent increase in deployed bases. According to Braken, Japan posed a dire threat to the world. military spending over 10 years, Beijing Beijing could lob "several hundred mis- While Washington appeased Japan, is buying up sophisticated Russian war- siles, perhaps several thousand" at the London appeased Germany. Hitler's un- planes, acquiring a blue-water navy, de- U.S. bases and ships that dot the Pacific. challenged rearmament led to his seizure veloping anti-satellite weapons and steal- Should that fail to deter us, Beijing of the Rhineland, which led to his bold ing or purchasing technologies that have can always brandish its long-range nu- takeover of Austria, which led to Mu- enabled it to leap 20 years forward in clear missiles, as Lt. Gen. Xiong nich, where Chamberlain gave him missile development. Guangkai did in 1995 when he omi- Czechoslovakia in 1938. Within a year, nously reminded America that Chinese World War U was underway. Empire in the Making. China wants an missiles can strike Los Angeles. The empire of its own, and its leaders don't People's Liberation Army repeated that Cold War or World War? Invoking want to ask Washington for permission. threat in February of this year. those hard-learned lessons, a wiser With the humiliation of Iraq and Ser- Churchill would outline a new response bia fresh in their minds, China's leaders History Lesson. We've been here be- to the 20th century's last empire. "There know that a military with a truly global fore. Three times in the last century is nothing they admire so much as reach is the only thing that gives Ameri- alone, empires emerged that threatened strength," he said of the Soviets in 1946. ca pause. Through their buildup and es- America's very existence. It wasn't trade And so, in stark contrast to the previous pionage, they are essentially seeking to bills that staved off those empires - in decade, alliances were forged, arsenals defeat their enemies without fighting one form or another, it was conflict. built, lines drawn. them, or as the Pentagon concludes, "to The nature of the conflict we will Berlin would be the proving ground. achieve a military solution before outside wage against China is still largely up to There, the Soviet empire pushed and powers [can] intervene militarily." us. We, too, can defeat our enemies probed, just as Japan and Germany had Taiwan provides a chilling illustration without fighting them on the battlefield - done a decade earlier. And the world of this strategy. For a half-century, the but only if we learn from history. watched and waited. For 40 years, it Taiwan Straits and a vaguely worded Seeking out natural resources and an watched America protect a tiny island of document known as the Taiwan Rela- empire to supply them, Japanese armies freedom in the middle of Soviet- tions Act have protected Taiwan from swept through East Asia like locusts in controlled Eastern Europe. For 40 years, invasion. But those deterrents are grow- the 1930s. Any doubts about Tokyo's it waited for Washington and London to ing increasingly ineffective against the true intentions were put to rest in give up. But this time, it was the aggres- Mainland. December 1937, when Japanese soldiers sor who surrendered. Washington has sat silent during Chi- murdered 300,000 Chinese civilians in China and America stand at another na's temper tantrums and war games so Nanking. During the killing frenzy, crossroads in history - a moment not un- long that Beijing has good reason to Japanese bombers sank the USS Panay like the Panay incident, Munich confer- doubt America's commitment to the is- in Chinese waters, strafing its surviving ence or Berlin crisis. Whether or not Bei- land. And the sea no longer provides any crew for good measure. They also jing chooses to follow the path taken by real protection to Taiwan. Pentagon ana- attacked four British gunboats during the its imperial mentors is something over lysts have concluded that China could raid. which we have little control. But whether use airborne assaults and short-range But rather than standing up to the Taiwan becomes this generation's Berlin missiles to achieve many of the objec- Japanese, Washington averted its gaze or its Czechoslovakia is still our choice. tives of an amphibious landing. and crossed its fingers. Four years later, It shouldn't be a difficult one to make. Indeed, historian Paul Braken argues when those same Japanese bombers at- A second cold war would be far less that with just 45 missiles, "China could tacked Pearl Harbor, it was too late to costly than a third world war. virtually close Taiwan's ports, airfields, avert a full-blown war. The smoldering waterworks and power plants." To hold hulk of the USS Arizona would announce Article design: Holly K. Soria

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PTSD victims are still fighting the battles they left behind.

By Phyllis Zauner they live in a world of their own mak- that they are not alone in their fears or ing, lose family and friends and grow their outrageous behavior. In these IT WENT by the increasingly unable to communicate. small groups, PTSD victims help one name battle fatigue. During Rage and depression are their con- another, just as they did on the battle- INCEWorld War I it was called stant companions. As Korean War vet- field. As David Nagell, a World War shell shock. And not until eran Ted Boylan explained, "I II parachutist, explained, "I've been 1977 did the federal govern- couldn't take orders at work. Whenev- coming here two years, and what ment begin to deal with the er things went wrong, I'd beat some- opened me up was that here was a disorder head-on. That's one up." One Vietnam veteran bunch of other guys that had my same when Vietnam veteran Max couldn't sleep without his rifle in bed experiences." Cleland, who headed the with him (his wife divorced him). For effective group counseling, ac- Veterans Administration at cording to Ed Mazzo, a VA community the time, forged a counsel- Not Alone. Though misunderstood for ing program called "Vets decades, PTSD is now receiving wide Center" to help veterans deal with the attention. VA provides compensation to "I couldn't take orders lingering trauma associated with battle. approximately 95,000 sufferers, and Today, it's called Post-Traumatic scores of the nation's 206 VA health-care at work. Whenever Stress Disorder, or PTSD. In the Unit- centers have PTSD programs. One of the ed States, its victims number more best is at White City, Ore., a domiciliary things went wrong, I'd than 100,000 combat veterans. for the homeless, an alcohol treatment They carry a burden of guilt because center and general rehabilitation refuge. beat someone up. they lived when others died. Irritable The core of any PTSD program is and unable to adjust to civilian life, group counseling, which reminds vets - Ted Boylan

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"It's possible that the experiences they've suffered have been indelibly e experiences imprinted on their brain and psyche.

But the point is to learn that it is possi- they've suffered have ble to live with these things, to take relations officer, control, to manage anger and to stabi-

the optimum number is eight or been indelibly imprint- lize anxiety and depression," said Pen- nine men. "When you first come into nington. "Nobody totally escapes the the group, you tend to hold back, not ed on their brain and things they saw, the things they had let others into your life. Then you be- to do." gin to see that these men are you, and psyche. In fact, Pennington has one group you open up. You're not alone." comprised entirely of World War II - Dr. Stephen Pennington vets. One of them, Don Hoppe, says a Looking Ahead. There's one impor- friend told him, "You'll only get out tant ground rule for discussions at government that put him in the war, of it what you put into it." His friend

White City: No war stories. PTSD vic- hated the war that took away his leg was right. "I found I could become tims tell how they felt when they left and hated the people who spit on him. calm just by listening. It took three the war, how they feel now and every- He spent seven years in counseling years before I could talk." thing in between. But they don't relive and still goes back for an occasional After decades of fighting the battles the war. tune-up. He now has a VA job that on their own, Hoppe and thousands of Alcoholism is often an additional takes him around the territory where other PTSD sufferers are learning that problem for PTSD sufferers, and at he can help other vets like him. relief may be as close as a fellow vet- White City the first step is to treat that For psychologist Dr. Stephen Pen- eran. They are no longer alone. first, since PTSD and alcoholism can't nington, who has counseled veterans be treated simultaneously. Mazzo him- in the San Francisco Bay Area for 20 Phyllis Zauner, a California author, is a self was an alcoholic when he came to years, no endeavor could bring more frequent contributor to this magazine. White City 20 years ago. He had no satisfaction than helping PTSD vic- interest in PTSD, but had no other tims work through their rough spots Article design and illustration: place to go. He hated women, hated the together. Doug Rollison

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Crime Victims' Rights The Parents of Murdered Children be- Faulty Chinese part may have caused crash lieves it's time to pay some attention to "Let a kid or a nut-case use a gun the victims of crime and their families - to kill people and the satellite TV not just the murderers. President Jean trucks arrive for days and the net- Lewis, whose son was murdered, said, works run the story endlessly. But "The criminals have rights but we as sur- when 88 people die from a defective vivors have none." screw jack in a Chinese-made tail

To change this, the organization is section of an airliner, it seems no- pushing a Crime Victims' Rights Amend- body cares." This is how nationally ment to the Constitution to require victim syndicated radio host Chuck Harder participation in judicial proceedings. The described the media reaction to the key sponsors, Sen. Jon Kyi, R-Ariz., and revelation in U.S. News & World Re-

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., saw it ap- port that the horizontal stabilizer, be- proved by the Senate Judiciary Committee lieved to have caused the crash of an in October 1999 and debated in the full Alaska Airlines MD-83 in January, Senate in April. But Kyi says, "Opponents was made in China.

made it clear that they were willing to 'talk The stabilizer, which keeps the

it to death' and prevent it from coming to a plane level, was identified as being

vote, so the amendment was withdrawn." made "as part of a set of deals" be- Eighty-eight people were killed when Opponents claimed the amendment tween McDonnell Douglas and the an Alaska Airlines MD-83, similar to was wordy and harmful to criminal de- Shanghai Aviation Industrial Corp. the ones shown here, crashed in Janu- ary. A possible cause for the accident fendants. It will be resubmitted when a "So the issue now is not just trade could be a defective Chinese-made new Congress convenes next January. deals that make the big corporations screw jack used in the tail section. In a victory for law-abiding citizens, rich, the issue is national security and Kyi got Congress to approve a measure stopping fatalities," Harder said. bolts have been found in military and that has reduced frivolous inmate law- While the USA has rigid require- commercial aircraft, surface ships, suits. Filed by prisoners who didn't re- ments for manufacturing screws, bolts submarines, nuclear weapon produc- ceive their favorite ice cream, sneakers or and nuts, Harder 's sources tell him tion facilities, bridges, buildings and video games, the suits were clogging the that items made off shore simply have the space shuttle," the report said.

courts. Now the criminals have to pay a to "look like they will work." "These bolts ... can threaten the relia- filing fee when they initiate a suit. A 1992 government quality report bility of industrial and consumer warned of suspect or counterfeit bolts products, national security, or lives." and circuit breakers. "Counterfeit -C.K. Dollar daze bits America The new dollar coin, with an image of

Indian guide Sacagawea, is striking a raw paign, calling it hip and "trendy." "intelligence collection and counterintel-

nerve. Citizens Against Sacagawea Hype, There is another problem: The General ligence investigations" of its activities.

or CASH, says the U.S. Mint is wasting Accounting Office conducted a survey, The House ignored the revelation and $45 million to promote the "fake gold- finding that 17 percent of those who saw or gave China favorable trade status.

colored, politically heard ads for the new coin think it actually Another country on Reno's threat list, correct piece." contains gold. Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, Vietnam, also stands to benefit. After De- Rep. Roscoe chairman of the Senate Banking Commit- fense Secretary William Cohen made an Bartlett, R- tee, is among those concerned about the "encouraging" trip to the former enemy Md., adds that misleading advertising campaign. nation in March, he talked of U.S. mili- the George CASH says the campaign won't work tary ties with Hanoi. Washington and that the new coin will go the way of Meanwhile, a Pentagon report man- ads touting the the failed Susan B. Anthony dollar coin dated by Congress itself reveals that "golden dollar' 20 years ago. "The American public has a China is preparing a "victory with one are demean- preference for dollar bills," the group strike" strategy against a superior foe Will the new dollar coins ing and de- pointed out. such as the United States. In the high- fall along the wayside, grading to the tech area, "China appears interested in like the Susan B. Antho- father of researching methods to insert computer our ny coin, or become the country. new golden standard? Trading with the enemy viruses into foreign networks." The re- The ads On the eve of House passage of the port also finds that China has sophisti- show a person in a Washington mask China trade bill, investigative reporter cated blinding laser weapons and 18 dancing, drinking or floating in outer Scott Wheeler publicized a classified CSS-4 missile silos capable of launch- space as he proclaims "Change Hap- memo in which Attorney General Janet ing nuclear weapons at the United pens," a variation of a vulgar phrase. Reno identified China as a dangerous na- States. The U.S. Mint defends the ad cam- tional security threat and authorized FBI - Cliff Kincaid

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Rep. Howard L Berman, D-Calif. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas

Although Congress must con- Only a handful of federal tinue to fight illegal immigra- government policies affect tion and deal with its costs and every U.S. citizen. Immigra- burdens, it does not follow that YES tion is one of them. Immigra- we should restrict legal immigration to tion has historically been used to stoke the United States. Immigration is not a America's industrial fires and strengthen zero-sum situation. America has the re- the economy. But the Industrial Revolu- sources and space to accept additional tion has given way to the Information immigrants, they are a key to economic Age. Unfortunately, immigration policy growth, and they produce far more jobs and revenue than has not kept up. Where once our economy needed only strong they consume. backs to build the railroads and fuel the furnaces, today we Except for Native Americans, we are all from immigrant need educated minds to expand the digital frontier.

families. When Italians, Irish and Eastern Europeans began Under current policies, the United States admits about 1 migrating to the United States in the 1900s, many objected to million immigrants per year. More than 300,000 of these indi- their arrival. Restrictionists then used arguments familiar to viduals lack a high-school education at a time when 90 percent us today: Immigrants had different cultural values and reli- of new jobs require more than a high-school diploma. These gious practices; they ate foreign food and spoke little Eng- policies are a disaster. lish; they would take jobs away from Americans; they would First, there are a number of industries that claim we have too never fully participate in American society. Looking back, few skilled workers - those who can run computer-controlled we can see that they were tools and processes that are wrong. Immigrants became a forging a new economy. "We should consider "Immigrants promote our part of America and enriched Second, blue-collar work- policies that admit a prosperity; they play by our culture. ers are hurt by policies that higher percentage of the rules; and they are a Our immigration policy import large numbers of la- immigrants with a high- fundamental part of the has moved away from the borers at a time when there are race-based quotas of the past fewer blue-collar jobs. school diploma or higher American tradition." and now is guided by the The Center for Immigra- level of education. simple principle that families tion Studies calculated that should be together. But those who oppose family-based im- "immigration may reduce the wages of the average native in a

migration charge that allowing parents and siblings in will low-skilled occupation by . . . $1,915 a year." create a never-ending chain of migration which will swamp There's one other cost to taxpayers. According to the Na- America. tional Academy of Sciences, recent arrivals with more than a The truth is that all relatives except for spouses, minor high school education will pay $105,000 more in taxes than children and parents must enter the United States under an- they receive in government benefits over their lifetimes. How- nual quotas and per-country quotas set by Congress. Some ever, the Academy also reported that immigrants without folks have to wait more than 15 years before a visa becomes high-school educations - 35 percent of current immigrants - available for their brother or sister. The chain migration the- receive $89,000 more in public benefits than they pay in taxes.

ory is patently false. That's a total cost of $27 billion to the taxpayers each year.

Some of our immigrants are fleeing persecution else- After the election, I hope Congress will consider long-term where. Some, such as the Vietnamese and Nicaraguans, were immigration reforms that will resume America's tradition that persecuted precisely because they sided with us in wars uses immigration policy to build a strong economy for all against communism. The principles of democracy dictate Americans. We should consider policies that admit a higher that we welcome those who have fought the forces of op- percentage of immigrants with a high-school diploma or high- pression in their own countries. er level of education.

As the son of an immigrant, I am grateful that restriction- There was a time when anyone willing to work hard could

ists did not prevail in the past make it in America without an century. In this new millenni- education. Hourly jobs with um, we should continue to good wages and benefits were welcome newcomers to our Senators and representatives are inti abundant. But times have shores. They promote our stituent viewpoints. You may express your views by writ- changed. Our future economy ing The Honorable (name), U.S. Senate, Washington, DC prosperity; they play by the depends on our willingness to 20510, or The Honorable (name), House of Representa- immigration policies rules; and they are a funda- tives, Washington, DC 20515. You may call the Senate at remake mental part of the American (202) 224-3121; the House at (202) 225-3121. that can build the Information tradition. Age.

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Boys Nation kindles the flames of Americanism He wasn't even supposed to be there. within one vote of elimination three am aware of the sacrifices those in The But that didn't stop Justin Chapa, who times. He took the lead and won office American Legion have made for this went from a second alternate for this July 26 in a ceremony at the Military country, and this week has greatly year's Boys Nation to president. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. deepened the understanding I have of In fact, getting the top spot at this "I consider myself a patriotic per- the costs — that freedom isn't free." year's gathering of the top young men son," Chapa said. "But this week has But while some of the delegates from all over the nation was the first awakened feelings for my country I were thinking of the military, others Chapa won at either the Texas Boys didn't know I had." were just as dedicated to the nation's State or Boys Nation. Those feelings came to the surface political process. Both Boys and Girls "I now believe lightning can strike after the combined Boys and Girls Na- Nation delegates were able to partici- anywhere," said Chapa, an Arlington tions watched the 3rd U.S. Infantry pate in that process by meeting with native. "It was awesome." Regiment perform its weekly summer their senators on Thursday morning, Chapa hasn't stopped moving this Twilight Tattoo. This performance of July 27. summer. After attending Texas Boys military skill and precision got some of Stephen Webber, of Columbia, Mo., State in June, he attended a church camp the young senators thinking of military met with Sen. Kit Bond, one of his in Ohio and later toured Ivy League careers. state's lawmakers. schools in the Northeast. "After high school, I think it's time "This is an excellent way for the "I got the word while at church to give something back," said Aaron youth of our nation to learn about na- camp," he said. "I'd been the second Doff of Pueblo, Colo. "I would like to tional government and civic responsibil- runner up. I didn't win any of the of- attend the Air Force Academy and ity," Bond said. "They are this nation's fices I had run for. Finally, I decided to serve as a fighter pilot and an aerospace future leaders and I'm constantly run for president of Boys Nation. There engineer. This country has given me a amazed at the quality of these kids. were 17 of us running. I was the under- free education. I am able to walk down They genuinely care and are interested dog." the street in my hometown and feel in making a difference." During the ensuing election, he came safe. That I can do that is no accident. I -Mark D. Faram

• THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE • OCTOBER 2000 As Koreans talk peace, Lance remembers warriors

Before leaving office, National Com- mander Al Lance visited South Korea to participate in ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the Korean War's outbreak. "The ceremonies were very moving," said Lance of the June events. "I was proud to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with veterans of that war who had returned to a land where, 50 years ago, they had worn helmets and carried rifles, fighting the tyranny of communism," he added. The anniversary came amid a swirl of activity on the peninsula. Just days earli- er, North Korean dictator Kim Jong II and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung held a historic summit in Py- ongyang, where they vowed to work to- gether on reunifying the peninsula and promised to permit "dispersed family members and their relatives" to cross the Capt. Eric Brown, left, briefs then-National Commander Al Lance during Lance's DMZ and be reunited. tour of Panmunjom, South Korea in June.

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Henry Stevens served as National NECman William Christofferson. right, meets with Miss America Heather French and Commander from 1931-1932. then-National Commander Al Lance in 1999.

North Carolina honors Utah stands up to take pledge PNG Henry Stevens Striking a decisive victory for al Legionnaires, including then-Na- The state of North Carolina Americanism, the Utah Department of tional Commander Al Lance and Utah and city of Warsaw, N.C., will The American Legion proved pivotal National Executive Committeeman immortalize Past National Com- in passing the Patriotic Education Bill William Christofferson. mander Henry Stevens in Novem- in that state's legislature. The law, The bill, requiring only flag educa- ber as they rename a 13-mile which took effect June 30, requires in- tion at that point, passed through the stretch of 1-40, "The Henry L. struction in flag history, customs and Senate unanimously. Stevens Jr. Legionnaire Corri- etiquette, along with the daily recita- The state House of Representatives dor." tion of the pledge of allegiance in pub- added the provision requiring the daily World War II veteran George lic elementary schools. pledge of allegiance. However, language Browder of Rockingham, N.C., Testifying during initial committee was included which allows children to led the effort to rename the high- hearings on the legislation were sever- opt out with written parental permission. way and drew up the resolution that the local county board even- tually passed. "Stevens was a World War I reverses on VA tobacco bill veteran and great man," said House Browder. "When he was National After passing a bill that would pro- ed illnesses. Since 1993, The American Commander," Browder ex- hibit VA from funding a federal law- Legion has urged the federal govern- plained, "he went to Washington suit against tobacco companies, the ment to take legal action against the to- in the midst of the Bonus House of Representatives reversed bacco companies to recover the VA's Marchers crisis to persuade Presi- course in its VA appropriations bill and cost of providing health care for tobac- dent Hoover to use restraint and agreed to allow the VA's litigation co-related diseases." to find jobs for a million WWI budget to be used in suing tobacco However, Wilkerson believes even veterans." firms. more must be done in the area of tobac- Browder encourages Legion- "The American Legion is pleased co-related health care for veterans. naires to attend the highway's by the House's recent defeat of efforts Veterans are barred by law from filing rededication Nov. 11. The event that would have blocked VA's share of claims with VA for any disability will coincide with Warsaw's tra- monies sought under the pending fed- traceable to the use of tobacco during ditional Veterans Day parade, one eral lawsuit against the tobacco indus- military service, according to Wilker- of the longest-running parades in try," said Phil Wilkerson, the Legion's son. "We believe the federal govern- the nation. Those interested deputy director for Veterans Affairs ment must take responsibility for the should contact Linda Kitchen at and Rehabilitation. "Each year, VA es- effects of its historic pro-tobacco poli-

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American Legion Post 275 in cal advisor to the Crew, adult supervi- Dunedin, Fla., is partnering with the Boy sors will get the program up and run- Scouts of America to support Venturing ning, but the young re-enactors will Crew 976' s re-enactment of the wartime steadily assume more independence defense of America's southern coastline. and responsibility. After 50 years under a glacier, the Venturing Crew is a Boy Scout or- The Post is providing financial sup- P-38 makes it back to the surface. ganization for both boys and girls age port, facilities and training to the young 14-20. Crew 976 plans to re-create the adults. Legionnaire raises, mission of the 4th Coast Artillery Dis- "It's a great opportunity for young trict, which protected America's shore- people to see what World War II veter- restnres Inst P-38 line during World War II. The program ans did to keep this country free," said Legionnaire Bob Cardin and a provides military training, including Boy Scout official Mark Jorns, who team of aircraft restorers are customs and courtesies, close-order added that Post 275 's involvement will painstakingly rebuilding a World drill, squad tactics and firearms safety. help the Crews gain a technical under- War II P-38 in Middlesboro, Ky. It even offers opportunities for en- standing of military service. Part of the famed "Lost Squadron," trance into military scholarship pro- For more information on Crew the plane force-landed in Green- grams at colleges and the academies 976's project, contact Mello at 727- land along with two B-17s and five through its own liaison officer. 467-0938 or by email at other P-38s in 1942. Storms, low According to Kevin Mello, a techni- [email protected]. fuel and ice on the wings conspired

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for VA research Remains believed to be those of 14 VA has taken steps to protect American servicemen missing in ac- veterans used in human research tion from the Korean War were repatri- projects, awarding a five-year, ated Aug. 19. $5.8-million contract to the Nation- The remains were flown on a U.S. al Committee for Quality Assur- Air Force aircraft from Pyongyang, ance. NCQA will monitor and ac- North Korea, to Yokota Air Base, credit biomedical research at VA's Japan, under escort of a uniformed 150 medical centers, according to U.S. honor guard. Dr. Thomas L. Garthwaite, VA's A U.N. Command repatriation cere- deputy undersecretary for health. mony was held at Yokota. The follow- VA's announcement is a wel- ing week the remains were flown to come development, according to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Fol- Jacqueline Garrick, deputy director lowing a U.S. Pacific Command cere- of the Legion's Veterans Affairs mony there, the remains were trans- and Rehabilitation Commission. ferred to the U.S. Army Central Identi- Last year, federal oversight agen- fication Laboratory (CILHI) for cies suspended research programs forensic examination and positive at several VA centers after discov- identification. ering flaws in the procedures used A joint U.S. -North Korean investi- to protect human subjects. A Le- gation team recovered the remains, the The remains of 14 probable American gion team was sent to investigate largest number recovered during a sin- servicemen were handed over to Ameri- problems at the West Los Angeles gle operation to date. The 20-person can officials by the North Koreans during VA facility and concluded that out- U.S. team is composed primarily of a repatriation ceremony, such as this side groups should be used to mon- specialists from CILHI. one in 1998. itor the treatment of human re- This recovery operation was the recovered 26 sets of remains so far this search subjects. The report can be 14th in North Korea since 1996. Three year, surpassing the total in any single, obtained by calling the VA&R of- more are scheduled for this year, with full year of operations. fice at 202-861-2700. the fifth operation scheduled to con- Of the 88,000 U.S. service members clude on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2000. missing in action from all conflicts, more 3 'One-Stop job service Joint U.S. -North Korean teams have than 8,100 are from the Korean War. proposed for veterans House Veterans Affairs Sub- committee on Benefits Vice Chair- Battle-death differences clarified man J.D. Hayworth heard an offer to boost veterans' employment that For much of the last 50 years, VA he believes the federal government and Pentagon officials and historians can't refuse. alike have cited 54,246 as the official Matthew P. Caulfield, CEO of figure for Americans killed in the Ko- MilitaryHub.com and chairman of rean War. But in 1993, the Pentagon the board of Hire Quality Inc., of- abruptly began to use 33,686 as the fered to provide free software to official figure for Americans killed in help the Department of Labor tran- the war, causing widespread confu- sition military personnel into civil- sion. ian employment. Rep. Hayworth, As Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. R-Ariz., immediately promised to Craig Quigley explained, the discrep- pursue the proposal. The Benefits ancy stems from a change in how the Subcommittee would like to see the total deaths are classified, not a change overall DOL create a "one-stop" Internet- in the number of deaths. "The based job service for veterans. number has remained constant," said Quigley, explaining that before 1993 "This is a promising proposal," military A Marine regiment conducts memorial ser- Hayworth said. "It wouldn't cost the Pentagon tallied U.S. vices in the field during the Korean War. the federal government a dime, and deaths in Korea and U.S. military deaths from around the world together. Korea, 2,830 non-battle deaths in Ko- it would improve performance im- measurably." In 1993, those two categories were sep- rea and 17,730 military deaths unrelat- arated, yielding 33,686 battle deaths in ed to the Korean War.

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#301 01 ; USS Alhena AKA-9/AK-26 #1 7344; USS 1997-2000, and numerous Department positions Memb. 1962-1965, Nat'l Distinguished Guest Allentown PF-52 #17009; USS Bailey DD-492 1992-2000. Cmte. Memb. 1957-1958, Nat'l Sec. Train. Cmte. #17507; USS£/ge/cwDD-942 #19213; USS Earl D. Franklin Jr., Dept. of Colorado. Nat'l Sec. Memb. 1958-1960, Dept. Cmdr. 1960-1961 and Bristol DD-857 #23817; Cabot CVL-28 Train. 1954-1955 and 1958-1959, USS numerous Department positions 1958-1997. Cmte. Memb. #11081; USS Champlin DD-601 #10449; USS Nat'l Dist. Guests Cmte. Memb. 1956-1957, Nat'l George Petrovich, Dept. of Alaska. Nat'l M&PA Cleveland LPD-7 #22473; USS Cockrill DE-398 Post Activ. Chmn. 1959-1960 and Cmte. 1959-1961, Nat'l Exec. Cmte. 1964-1976, Memb. & #18649; USS Collingsworth APA-146 (WWII) 1964-1967, Nat'l Mbrshp. & Post Activ. Vice Nat'l Fin. Cmsn. Liaison Cmte. 1967-1973, Nat'l #17825; USS Cotton DD-669 #18087; USS 1959-1962, Dept. Cmdr. 1960-1961, Nat'l Legis. Cmte. Liaison 1965-1967, and numerous Chmn. Drayton DD-366 #18560; USS Edison DD- 1963-1964, Nat'l Child Welfare (36/45) Department positions 1960-1989. Vice Cmdr. 439 #10610; USS Gunston Hall LSD-5 #22214; Foundation Inc. Memb. and Dir. 1970-1982, Nat'l Robert A. Wellman, Dept. of Georgia. Nat'l Legis. USS Laurens APA-1 53 #21 207 USS Meredith DD- Cmsn. on Children Youth Chmn. 1970-1980, Cncl. Vice Chmn. 1989-1990, 1993-1994 & 434/DD-726/DD-890 #10763; USSMf. Olympus Nat'l Cmsn. on Children & Youth Corr. Seer.

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Secretary 1972-1982, Nat'l Commander's Special Department positions 1 954-1 990. 1963-1965, Dept. Cmdr. 1967-1968, Nat'l Child Cmte. on Education Memb. 1975-1977, Nat'l Joseph P. Donovan, Dept. of Indiana. Nat'l Trans. Welfare Cmsn. Area D Gen'l Memb. 1968-1971, Trophies, Awards & Ceremonies Cmte. Chmn. Cmsn. Gen'l Memb. 1952-1954, Nat'l Housing Nat'l Trophies Awards & Ceremonies Cmsn. 1980-2000, Nat'l Legis. Cncl. Memb. 1985-1986, Cmsn. Gen'l Memb. 1955-1962, Nat'l Publica- Consultant 1970-1987, and numerous

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